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Historical Event on 4/18/1992

Russia suspends transfer of rocket technology to India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/13/1995Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.
4/19/1998Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.
10/9/1978Asian Games begin in Bangkok.
5/26/1998Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation.
5/22/1996Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
2/8/1948Indian govt. bans Muslim groups 'Khaksars' and 'League National Guard'.
1/27/1888Jinvijayji Muni, famous Shwetambar Jain Yati, was born.
7/6/2000India, Nepal sign agreement to set up a specialist joint unit to counter terrorism and share information about criminals operating along the border.
1/14/1938Belur Math, new temple, was consecrated in Calcutta.
9/2/1946Jawaharlal Nehru, was sworn in as the Prime Minister of the Interim Government of Undivided india, against Partition.