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Historical Event on 5/18/1998
India may take the US to WTO.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/8/1942 | Hemant Shamsunder Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974), was born in Amravati, Maharashtra. |
| 7/20/1991 | Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, former Maharaja of Travancore, passed away at the age of 78 years after a brief illness. His term as the descendant of the Chera dynasty saw many progressive reforms in the field of legislation, education and many more. He was hailed as ""Ashoka the second"", and Gandhiji parised him as a ""Historical wonder"". |
| 11/6/1999 | Red carpet welcome to Pope. He appreciated the religious freedom in India. |
| 6/23/1971 | Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, passed away. |
| 11/29/1993 | Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata ""J.R.D. Tata"", Bharat Ratna awardee, Father of Modern Indian Industries and founder of Indian Aviation industry, passed away at 89 in Gen |
| 9/30/1900 | Mohommad Ali Chhagla, former central minister, was born. |
| 1/21/1980 | Assembly elections in Kerala; LDF wins absolute majority. E.K. Nayanar forms government in Kerala. |
| 6/10/1966 | MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik. |
| 5/31/1921 | Suresh Hariprasad Joshi, modern Gujarati poet, story writer and critic, was born. |
| 12/11/1991 | The centre notifies the interim order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal directing Karnataka to release 205 tmc ft of water to Tamil Nadu. |
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