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Historical Event on 1/18/1998

Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/18/1995President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation.
6/13/2000Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, announces a one-time settlement of outstanding loans below Rs. 10 crores in a move aimed at ridding the public sector banks of Rs. 51,000 crores of bad loans.
4/2/1679Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.
2/20/1997RBI relaxes capital adequacy norms for commercial banks.
4/23/2000Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy.
12/3/1970Rajendra Agriculture University established at Bihar.
8/2/2000The Lok Sabha performs a ''hat-trick'' by setting off the process for the creation of three new states by passing the Jharkhand Bill.
5/13/1946Sarwate and Banerjee add 249 runs for the 10th wkt stand for Indians v Surrey.
4/16/1996Narasimha Rao, PM, visits Kerala (2 days).
10/18/19921,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away.