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Historical Event on 8/18/2000
The Supreme Court rejects a petition filed by former Navy chief Vishnu Bhagwat challenging his dismissal from service and the consequent direction stripping him of the title Admiral.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/25/1990 | GOI announces formation of National Security Council headed by the Prime Minister. |
| 4/5/1993 | G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards. |
| 12/19/1919 | Sunil Kumar Banerjee, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1963-64, was born at Bengal. |
| 10/24/1954 | Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died. |
| 4/17/1917 | V.Sp. Manickam, famous Hndi writer, was born at Melasivapuri (Pudukkottai). |
| 8/21/1988 | 500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale. |
| 6/3/1947 | Evening newspaper 'Jay Hind' published. |
| 2/18/1992 | Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away. |
| 4/20/1989 | R. S. Pathak, Chief Justice of India, elected to the World Court. |
| 2/19/1919 | Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born. |
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