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Historical Event on 1/18/2000

S. S. Dawra is appointed new Director of the Enforcement Directorate.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1954Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960.
8/20/1988Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.
6/3/1818Maratha wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends.
7/5/1995Tarapur nuclear station controls the leakage and soil contamination within the natural background radiation levels.
5/13/2000Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to ''voice our choices and opinions'' is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia.
3/23/1962Nawab of Pataudi captains Indian cricket team vs WI at the age of 21 years 77 days.
5/28/1968Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name.
10/1/1894Sudhi Ranjan Das, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Calcutta.
2/3/1954Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi.
10/5/1990Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died.