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Historical Event on 3/18/1996

President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/22/1999India asks Pakistan to prevent the reported attempt by the JKLF to cross the Line of Control (LOC) on October 4.
8/20/1985Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, a ragi, reluctant politician and Sikh leader, died. He was shot by Sikh extremists at Sherpur.
1/6/1948Security Council takes up India's complaint charging Pakistan with aggression in Kashmir.
2/22/1885Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta, great nationalist leader, was born.
4/19/1994Rajindersing Sparo, first awardee of `Mahavir Chakra' and former Chief Minister of Punjab Major General, passed away.
5/26/1983R. V. Marathe, father of Postal Index, passed away.
7/13/1988Second developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2). This carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Could not be placed in orbit.
1/22/1993A Patna-Lucknow-Delhi IA flight IC-810 was hijacked by a certain Satish Chandra Pandey shortly after take-off.
6/25/2000India lifts the Asia Cup sub-junior hockey championship in Kuala Lumpur.
6/25/2000Firuz Shah captured the throne of Delhi and Sultan Jalal'ud-din Khalji called himself.