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Historical Event on 4/18/1998

Dr. A. R. Kidwai is appointed Governor of West Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/29/1979Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away in New Delhi at the age of 93.
7/30/1995Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council.
6/24/1989A majority of opposition members in the Lok Sabha resign on the issue of CAG report on the Bofors gun deal.
1/19/1905Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali writer and thinker, passed away.
10/12/1976Indian Airlines Caravelle crashed after take off from Bombay.
1/18/2000S. S. Dawra is appointed new Director of the Enforcement Directorate.
5/19/1956The Indian govt. bans six U.S. and two British films for presenting a 'disparaging' impression of life in Africa, including 'African Queen' and 'Mogambo' at New Delhi.
1/5/1988India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.
4/16/1997Govt. orders foreign and domestic airlines to install air safety systems by the end of 1998. Aircraft with more than 30 seats that do not have Airborne Collision Avoidance System and transponders not to be allowed into Indian airpace from 1/1/99.
2/20/1999India and Pakistan signed a formal agreement for launching the Delhi-Lahore bus service.