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Historical Event on 4/18/2000

A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, constitutes a Group of Ministers to review the national security system in its entirety in the light of the recommendations of the Kargil review committee.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/24/1991Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission.
10/23/1883Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat.
7/21/1906W.C. Bonerjee, first President of Indian National Congress, passed away.
11/10/1848Surendranath Banerji, popularly known as Rashtraguru, was born at Taltala, Calcutta. He passed his final ICS Examination in 1869 and joined in 1871, He was President of the Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
2/6/1994World Marathi Chember of Commerce' established.
1/25/1983Telugu Desam swept to power in Andhra Pradesh.
9/9/1896Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad', freedom fighter, social worker and Padamshree awardee, was born in Narwal village near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
9/22/1937The last contingent of Indian freedom fighters was send to Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
6/17/1973Leander Vece Paes, tennis player who singles bronze at Atlanta Olympics (1996), was born. He was also a winner of French Open in 1999, Gold Flake Open, Newport 1998, Wimbledon 1999 (doubles and mixed doubles).
2/21/1987Pakistan President Gen. Zia visits India.