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Historical Event on 1/18/1998

Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1977N. K. Mukarji was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1980.
3/26/1999Indian Airlines regained the National hockey men's title in Hyderabad.
4/15/1994India signed `GAT' agreement.
9/29/1942The British police shot Matangini Hazra, a 72-year old woman of Tamluk town in Midnapur district, when she was leading the flag at Tamluk in August movement procession.
5/30/1919Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
8/16/1923Narayan Athavle, famous Marathi litterateur and journalist, was born.
5/23/1931Sharad Joshi, famous Hindi poet, playwright and journalist, was born.
7/24/1996Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs.
10/19/1689Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals.
9/3/1999India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict.