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Historical Event on 1/18/1999

Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/11/1973India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi.
3/2/1963China reports troops have left disputed area in India.
6/1/1842Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali officer and litterateur, was born.
11/25/1998Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era.
5/28/1968Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name.
6/17/1995Motilal Vohra, UP Governor, sets agenda for a two-day special session of the UP Assembly asking the speaker to take up a motion against self first.
6/2/1991Dinesh Goswami, former Law Minister, passed away in a road accident in Assam.
3/3/1978Shaliwahan Shaka Hindu Calender started.
10/20/1998Security forces unearth 770 kg of RDX and plastic explosives in the Tangmay area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir.
12/30/1941Gandhiji, at his own request, is relieved of hi-leadership of Congress by Working Committee.