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Historical Event on 5/18/1998
India may take the US to WTO.
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| 1/22/1901 | Queen Victoria (1819-1901) passed away at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, South England, after a brief illness. She had been throned for almost 64 years, which is the longest reign in British history. She had given her name to an age ""Victorian Britain"". |
| 3/30/1997 | Congress Party withdraws support to the 10-month old H. D. Deve Gowda Government at the centre, and stakes its claim to form an alternative government. |
| 10/29/1947 | Mysore's popular ministry sworn in. |
| 12/27/1992 | The Central government decides to acquire the disputed area in Ayodhya. |
| 8/9/1995 | India celebrated 53rd anniversary of Quit India movement. |
| 11/20/1999 | P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government. |
| 12/3/1971 | During the ensuing melee, three of the Sabres were shot down while all Gnats returning to base were unscathed. The first blood of a new Indo-Pakistan air war had been drawn. Other encounters were to follow over the next 10 days within both Indian and Pakistani airspace, before a full-scale war began. |
| 10/10/1998 | Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtane bag the women's and men's crowns in the national tennis championships in Delhi. |
| 1/11/1996 | Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi. |
| 9/11/1999 | India's Sachin Ratti won the men's singles title in the New Zealand International Badminton championship, defeating top seed and world No. 23 Rio Suryana of Australia in the final. |
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