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Historical Event on 6/18/1993
The 14th national council of the BJP at Bangalore swears by Hindutva.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/8/1997 | Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion. |
| 1/3/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers). |
| 12/4/1924 | Gateway of India was inagurated by Lord Riding. |
| 5/3/1997 | Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi. |
| 10/2/1994 | Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary. |
| 12/12/1925 | Dattatreya Gajanan Phadkar alias ""Dattu"" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowler all-rounder for India), Kolhapur, Maharastra, was born. |
| 7/4/1985 | Police inquiry said bombs caused Air India jet disaster in New Delhi. |
| 10/5/1989 | Meerasahib Fatima Beevi, former High Court judge from Kerala, was named the first woman judge of the Supreme Court. |
| 1/15/1971 | Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away. |
| 7/31/1658 | Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor. |
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