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Historical Event on 7/18/1997
Fifth Pay Commission report approved by Central Govt.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/5/1992 | Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched. |
| 6/29/1757 | Mir Zafar was installed on the throne as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orrisa from Murshidabad. |
| 1/1/1879 | Edward M Forster, English novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), was born. |
| 7/4/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi sentenced to one year imprisonment. |
| 9/9/1981 | Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricketer (two Tests for India, 29 runs & 0/13), died. |
| 5/8/1996 | The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern. |
| 2/16/1896 | Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', great Hindi poet, litterateur, writer, social worker and editor, was born. |
| 2/25/1920 | Balraj Madhok was born. |
| 8/3/1996 | Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years. |
| 11/22/1997 | Diana Hayden, 24-year-old Mumbai-born Miss India, beat 85 contestants from around the world to be crowned new 'Miss Universe' at Mahe in Seychelles. |
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