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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
1/10/1975India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization.
11/11/1923Shamasunder Gururaj Mudgal, great educationist, was born at Bijapur, Bagalkot.
8/5/1921Malhi Govind, modern Sindhi novelist, was born.
9/1/1998Leaded petrol is banned in Delhi.
1/1/1992Petrol and diesel price hiked in 11 states to make it uniform all over the country.
8/17/1916Amritlal Naagar was born.
1/14/1995Ban on VHP re-imposed.
12/31/1993Manipur placed under President's rule; Bangarappa launches Karnataka Congress Party.
12/24/2000Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran.
1/12/1993Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.