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Historical Event on 3/18/1998
A.B. Vajpayee, the Prime Minister-designate, releases the 'national agenda for governance' in New Delhi. It is silent on the Ram temple issue, scrapping of Article 370 and a uniform civil code.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/2/1998 | Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997. |
7/31/1988 | Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM, AVSM, VM. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
7/14/1854 | Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramahans, was born. |
12/12/1958 | Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies vs West Indies at Kanpur. |
5/1/1879 | Swami Vivekanand established Ramkrishna Mission. |
12/22/1947 | Dilip Rasiklal Doshi, cricketer (India's main slow lefty post-Bedi), was born in Rajkot. |
3/19/1936 | Raghav Kaneria, great artist and decorator, was born. |
9/1/1896 | Bhaktivedanta Swami, litterateur and social worker, was born in Calcutta. |
1/26/1950 | India became a Republic within the British Commonwealth and the Indian Air Force dropped its ""Royal"" prefix. At this time, it possessed six fighter squadrons of Spitfires, Vampires and Tempests, operating from Kanpur, Poona, Ambala and Palam, one B-24 bomber squadron, one C-47 Dakota transport squadron, one AOP flight, a communications squadron at Palam and a growing training organisation. |
2/14/2000 | Mr. B. Rachaiah (78), former Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Goa, died in a hospital in Bangalore. |
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