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Historical Event on 10/18/1980

The first Himalayan Car Rally of 5,377.9 km was started from Brabourne Stadium, Bombay with 74 starters.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/28/1985The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named ""Trishna"", sailed off from Bombay. (10-1-87).
1/1/1944Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, died.
5/29/1968Dara Singh becomes the world wrestling champion.
9/3/1983U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million.
7/11/1979The Lok Sabha commenced a four-day debate on the no-confidence motion against the 21-month-old Janata Government.
3/5/1999Geet Sethi won the 1999 World matchplay billiards championship in Midsomer Norton.
5/25/1993Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India.
9/11/1950Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, cricketer (69 runs in India's first 2 tests 1932-33), passed away.
6/9/1998The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.
11/21/199227 killed in a bomb blast engineered by Bodo extremists in a bus in Assam.