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Historical Event on 7/18/1997
Fifth Pay Commission report approved by Central Govt.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/27/1998 | The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers. |
| 10/29/2000 | Jitendra Prasada, senior Congress leader, files nomination papers for the party presidential polls setting the stage for a contest against the incumbent, Ms. Sonia Gandhi. |
| 5/1/1998 | India and Peru sign agreements on space technology and agriculture during the visit of Indian President K. R. Narayanan there. |
| 5/23/1997 | The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh. |
| 7/11/1957 | Aga Sultan Sir Muhammad (1877-1957), Aga Khan III, spritual leader of Ismaeli Muhammedans, passed away. He worked for Britian in the WW I & II. Aga Khan was extremly rich, he once had himself weighed against a sack of diamonds belonging to him. He was also one among those who formed the Muslim League. |
| 1/9/1997 | John Major, British Prime Minister, addresses plenary session of the 'Partnership Summit' organised in Calcutta by the Confederation of Indian Industry. |
| 5/28/1930 | Bhagwaticharan Vohra, great revolutionary freedom fighter, died near the banks of Ravi river during a bomb testing. |
| 4/13/1993 | Bhupan Hazarika wins Phalke Award for 1992. |
| 5/14/1999 | Gurucharan Singh Tohra is expelled from Shiromani Akali Dal. |
| 9/4/1993 | New Bank of India merged with Punjab National Bank. |
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