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Historical Event on 2/18/1998

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1998Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtane bag the women's and men's crowns in the national tennis championships in Delhi.
11/15/1993Supreme Court rules that the CEC is supreme
5/1/1994Six leading Akali factions dissolved to form a new party, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar, which wanted a 'Sikh State'.
7/30/1947The part of Kashmir, North West Frontier Provience (NWFP), was swallowed up by Pakistan. The formality of raising the flag being done in November.
11/19/1998The Indira Gandhi memorial award is presented to Mirta Saavedra Polo, Ambassador of Panama, for her contributions to strengthening bilateral relations between India and Pakistan.
2/23/1998BJP leader Ranjit Yadav was shot dead in Sahibganj district.
9/24/1938Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India.
2/16/1997Ramakrishna Hegde launches a new national political party, Lok Shakti.
7/29/1876Indian Science Congress Association was established in Bowbazar Street of Calcutta.
6/18/1974Govinddas Seth, Hindi litterateur and politician, died.