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Historical Event on 4/18/2000
A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, constitutes a Group of Ministers to review the national security system in its entirety in the light of the recommendations of the Kargil review committee.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/28/1997 | Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court. |
8/18/1957 | Tilak Raj was appointed the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed his office for four years till 6th September, 1961. |
1/14/1843 | Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born. |
2/6/1931 | Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, revolutionary, founder of 'Swaraj Party', political leader and barrister, passed away at Lucknow. |
7/6/1955 | Marshall Tito and Nehru's joint declaration in Belgrade. |
8/22/2000 | Parliament okays two Constitutional Amendment Bills restoring relaxations in marks for promotion in government jobs to SC/STs and exempting Arunachal from reservation for SCs. |
7/1/1947 | British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power. |
1/7/1928 | Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born. |
8/11/1997 | Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati. |
4/28/1936 | Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born. |
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