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Historical Event on 1/18/1998
Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/1/1908 | Amir Elahi, right-hand batsman and right-arm leg-break bowler, born at Multan in Lahore. |
3/13/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947. |
3/20/1997 | Maharashtra (like H.P.) proposes to make carrying for aged parents mandatory. |
2/19/1895 | Munshi Newal Kishore, great social worker, educationist, nationalist, philanthropist and a pioneer industrialist, passed away at the age of 59. |
10/16/1920 | B. Sathyaji Rao, cricket Test umpire for 17 tests from 1960-79, was born in Karnataka. |
6/2/1986 | One thousand Sikhs arrested at demonstrations in Punjab. |
11/25/1998 | Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways. |
6/17/1839 | Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born. |
10/31/1876 | Cyclone hits Bengal centered near Bakarganj (now in Banlgadesh), about 200,000 die. |
9/4/1997 | Dharmavir Bharti, great journalist and editor of Dharamyug, died at 6 am. |
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