18 June - India on this day29 events

The latest deaths in northern India's hottest weather this century bring the death toll to 525 as temperatures hit 113¦F (45¦C) in New Delhi.

Venketeshwar Bachhali, famous physics scientist, was born.

Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh, freedom fighter, educationist, leader and Minister of India, was born in Poiyavan village, Gaya district, Bihar.

Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936), was born in Madras.

Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born.

Bhishma Singh Chauhan, great author, was born at Naglajula (U.P).

First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese.

New Hindu Succession Act was passed.

The 14th national council of the BJP at Bangalore swears by Hindutva.

Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, Marathi novelist and editor, passed away.

A. R. Rajrajvarma, famous poet of Malayalam language, critic and master of grammer, passed away.

Govinddas Seth, Hindi litterateur and politician, died.

E.K. Nayanar, Kerala Chief Minister, meets Pope John Paul II in Vatican.

California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else.

The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened.

Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset.

K.M. Beenamol breaks P.T. Usha's record in 400m at 51.21 sec in an international meet at Kiev in Ukraine.

Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi died while fighting with the British troops in the battlefield near Gwalior.

Revairu Diogu, dictionary creator of Konkani language and Jezoet Priest, died.

Forward Block Party was established.

Congress Working Committee decides to accept Interim Government scheme.

V.P.Singh defeats Congress rival Sunil Shastri in Allahabad Lok Sabha election.

India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces.

Congress emerges as the largest party in Lok Sabha polls though short of an absolute majority.

The strength of the Sikkim Sangram Parishad ministry led by Sanchaman Limboo reduced to 14 in the 32-member house.

Congress (I) chooses Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma as Presidential candidate.

Advani takes over as party President.

Sunil Mittal, businessman, denies getting any money from Harshad Mehta.

CBI arrests Sanjeeva Rao, relative of Narasimha Rao, and Prakash Yadav, son of former Union Minister, in the urea scam.