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Historical Event on 3/18/1998
A.B. Vajpayee, the Prime Minister-designate, releases the 'national agenda for governance' in New Delhi. It is silent on the Ram temple issue, scrapping of Article 370 and a uniform civil code.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/22/1977 | Emergency and 'MISSA' laws were cancelled. |
2/18/1983 | Violence between Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Singhalese in Sri Lanka marks beginning of Tamil rebellion by Tiger freedom fighters demanding an independent nation called Eelam. Prolonged civil war results. |
5/19/1908 | Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born. |
9/27/1995 | 73 people died in a coal mine accident in Gaslitand in Dhanbad district, Bihar, when flood water leaked into the mine. |
5/31/1891 | Buddhagaya Mahabodhi Society, an organization to encourage Buddhist studies in India and abroad, was established by a Buddhist monk Anagarika Dharmapala. |
6/19/1979 | Morarji Desai resigns after split in Janata Party. |
2/4/1948 | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) banned. Finance Minister announces nationalisation of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) after Sept 30, 1948. |
5/2/1977 | C.V. Narasimhan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 25/11/77). |
1/22/1877 | Tarun Ram Phookun, ''Deshabhakta'', great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, was born in Gauhati, district Kamrup, Assam. |
7/3/1996 | 25 to 30\% hike in prices of petroleum products. |
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