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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 |
| 3/22/1997 | Deshabhimani daily, official organ of CPI (M), launches its 5th edition from Kottayam, Kerala. |
| 5/7/1985 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan adjudged Best Director (Mukhamukham) in national film awards. |
| 12/15/1749 | Shahu Chattrapati, grandson of Shivaji, died. |
| 7/30/2000 | Punjab Police men and Indian Railways women claim the Federation Cup basketball tournament at Visakhapatnam. |
| 3/29/1978 | Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India and 229 runs, passed away. |
| 4/29/1998 | India and Myanmar agree upon steps to ensure trans-border security, cooperation in the fight against trafficking of narcotics and implementation of mutually beneficial cross-border projects. |
| 8/7/1982 | Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture. |
| 2/19/1949 | Mass arrests of communists in India. |
| 4/18/1971 | Gavaskar makes 220 in second innings vs West Indies after 124 in first. |
| 8/5/1950 | Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, passed away. |
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