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Historical Event on 4/18/1998

Dr. A. R. Kidwai is appointed Governor of West Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/9/1997At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh.
11/5/1976Lok Sabha votes to extend its own life by another year.
4/8/1997India creates history by entering the semi-finals of the 12th Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Cup international football series for the first time after holding Ghana 2-2 at Kochi.
7/25/1929Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born.
5/23/1996Joint Opposition candidate Purno A. Sangma (Cong. MP from Meghalaya) unanimously elected Speaker of 11th Lok Sabha.
3/8/1833Vishwanath Narayan Mandalik, famous journalist, writer and social reformer, was born.
8/23/1994Arati Gupta (Saha) succumbed to an incurable jaundice. (29-9-99).
2/16/1980The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898.
1/12/1924Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune.
1/7/1858The hearing of the case began that was filed against the last Mughal Emperor Bahadhur Shah II for taking part in the first armed revolution against the British.