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Historical Event on 3/18/1996

President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/1999The Ram Janmabhoomi Trust president ends fast in support of his eight-point demands including improvement of 'puja' and 'darshan' arrangements of 'Ram Lala' at the temple.
6/24/1980Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras.
2/4/1990Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India.
1/17/1987Tata Football Academy was opened in Tatanagar.
3/8/1963Gursharan Singh Narainsingh, cricketer (Indian batsman played one Test 1989-90), was born in Amritsar.
12/11/1999Dr. M. L. Madhu, poet and translator, wins the Pushkin Gold Medal award.
3/21/1982Nadmuri Tarak Rama Rao forms Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh.
7/18/1908Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay.
7/9/1999Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.
5/9/1998Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India.