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Historical Event on 11/18/1999

Sonia Gandhi pleads the President on Nalini's case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/11/1998Indians bag a silver and a bronze at the International Physics Olympiad in Reykjavik.
3/28/1954The flight undertook its first VVIP commitment, when it carried the first Prime Minister of India, the Late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, from Palam to Tilpat range and back to witness the 'Fire Power Demo'. It carried wide spectrum of VVIPs, including the President, the Prime Minister, renowned statesmen, Generals, Luminaries and visiting foreign dignitaries.
10/31/1966Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes.
12/14/1998The Supreme Court allows Karnataka to begin skeletal work on erection of 26 crest gates at the Almatti dam on the Krishna at ''its own risk and cost'', but directs it not to raise the dam height beyond the present 509 metres.
10/17/1970Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore.
10/20/1991Pandit Kalyandas Mahaprasad, famous Kathak dancer, died.
5/22/1992India launches its 'Agni' rocket.
12/5/1992Monisha, actress and winner of the 1987 'Urvasi' award for the Malayalam film 'Nakhakshathangal' died at a young age of 21 years.
6/15/1986K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident.
10/29/1988Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, freedom fighter and political leader, passed away.