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Historical Event on 7/18/1997
Fifth Pay Commission report approved by Central Govt.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/21/1999 | Leander Paes was seeded number one in double's ranking. This was his highest double ranking. |
| 12/29/1957 | 8,000 ton cruiser INS Mysore commissioned. |
| 5/16/1975 | Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union. |
| 2/13/1601 | John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London. |
| 7/20/1991 | Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, former Maharaja of Travancore, passed away at the age of 78 years after a brief illness. His term as the descendant of the Chera dynasty saw many progressive reforms in the field of legislation, education and many more. He was hailed as ""Ashoka the second"", and Gandhiji parised him as a ""Historical wonder"". |
| 12/8/1999 | Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999. |
| 12/8/1999 | Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 1/15/1973 | Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 9/10/1995 | 87 of the 180 members of the newly constituted JAAC assume office. |
| 5/19/1982 | Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala. |
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