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Historical Event on 2/18/1998

C. Subramaniam, former Maharashtra Governor, is awarded Bharat Ratna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/7/1931The Second Round Table conference began in London and lasted till 1st December, 1931. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam. Two committees were set up to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both the committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in the future constitution.
7/9/2000India clinches the inaugural Asian Cricket Council under-15 championship in Kuala Lumpur.
9/30/1997At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir.
7/6/1995Five foreign tourists trekking in Kashmir 10 km uphill from Pahalgam were abducted by militants.
7/29/1994Opposition stalls parliament proceedings over the 'Action Taken Report' on JPC finding.
5/15/1992CBI begins probe into the security scam.
2/23/1997Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.
6/20/1946Gandhiji attends Working Committee meeting from 20-21 June.
8/28/1993President's rule in J&K extended for another six months.
11/7/1936Chandrakant Devtale, famous Hindi poet, was born.