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Historical Event on 10/18/1996
Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi to be the venue for the trial of former PM Rao.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/20/1967 | Indira Gandhi gets powers to outlaw groups that question sovereignty. |
| 1/20/1939 | Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born. |
| 4/10/1901 | Amiya Chakravarty, educationist, was born at Serampore in West Bengal. |
| 5/13/1998 | India conducts two more nuclear tests at Pokhran. The US slaps sanctions. The Prime Minister says India will face down sanctions. |
| 1/22/1990 | FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case. |
| 4/22/1996 | Hiteshwar Saikia, chief minister of Assam (1991-96), passed away at the age of 62 years, and Dr. Bhumidhar Barman became new CM. |
| 4/18/1971 | Air India's first Jumbo Jet Plane passenger Boeing 747 named 'Emperor Samrat Ashok' was landed on Santacruz Airport at Bombay. |
| 4/3/1978 | Pandit Hridaynath Kunzru, social reformer, politician, passed away. He contributed greatly to public life, fighting against caste system, untouchability etc. He was closely affiliated to the 'Servants of India Society' with Ghokhaleji. He even declined to accept the ""Bharat Ratna"" award conferred on him. |
| 2/6/1990 | Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown. |
| 10/12/1995 | Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI. |
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