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Historical Event on 6/18/1993

The 14th national council of the BJP at Bangalore swears by Hindutva.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/22/1905Purushotamsing Bajaj, industrialist and social worker, was born at Shikarpur (Sind).
12/11/1929Subhash Pandharinath ""Fergie"" Gupte, cricketer (brilliant Indian leg-spinner), was born in Bom
11/30/2000Jagdev Singh Talwandi, a former Akali Dal leader, was the unanimous choice as the new SGPC president.
3/1/1998Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda.
10/31/2000The Income Tax Department 'indicts' five cricketers - Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Nikhil Chopra and Ajay Sharma - for tax evasion and concealment of income earned through ""dubious sources'
2/20/1928Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born.
4/3/1903Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, famous politician, freedom fighter and social worker, was born in South Kanara, Karnataka.
3/1/1914Minto Gilbert Jhon Alieat, former viceroy of India, passed away.
3/14/1998Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri.
3/28/1996JKLF declared unlawful by central govt.