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Historical Event on 7/18/1997
Fifth Pay Commission report approved by Central Govt.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/16/1992 | Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the honorary Oscar by a three-member Oscar committee at a Calcutta nursing home. |
| 12/9/1977 | Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away. |
| 4/15/1992 | Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal. |
| 2/14/1994 | V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down. |
| 5/31/1947 | Gandhiji declares that peace must precede partition, and he would not be party to India's vivisection. |
| 2/16/1969 | Mirza Ghalib centenary stamp released. |
| 2/3/1929 | The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"". |
| 8/20/1997 | Premananda, self-styled godman, sentenced by Pudukottai district and sessions court to life imprisonment for two terms and a fine of Rs. 66.4 lakhs for rape of 13 inmates of his ashram and murder of a male inmate. |
| 6/5/1995 | A three-week long, the first ever Indo-US joint army training exercise begins. |
| 6/17/1993 | K. D. Dharmadhikari (Nana), veteran freedom fighter, died. |
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