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Historical Event on 1/18/1998

India overtake a Pakistan total of 314 to win one-day final in Dhaka.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/20/1982Mira Behn (90), disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away.
4/27/1996General Election (11th) of India begins.
8/10/1995Harishankar Parsai, famous Hindi litterateur, passed away.
6/4/1992Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested.
2/8/1907Madhavravji Golwalkar, sarsanghchalak of 'Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh' (RSS), was born.
1/26/1993Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest.
11/14/2000Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office.
11/14/2000Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India.
7/3/1997Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan gets 1996 Dada Saheb Phalke award for outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.
1/27/1989M. Karunanidhi sworn in as DMK CM in Tamil Nadu.