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Historical Event on 5/18/1998

India may take the US to WTO.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/13/1957Behram Navrosji Karanjia, leading merchant and director of various companies, passed away.
5/1/1948Baroda State merged into Bombay Province.
10/29/1967Kurtkoti Lingangaunda, great Indian Philosopher, passed away.
8/27/1990The Cabinet Committee on political affairs decides to put a proposal before the Parliament providing five to ten per cent of Central Government jobs reserved for economically weaker sections.
5/27/1962Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri, cricketer (Indian SLA all-rounder 1981-92), was born in Bombay.
10/13/1978Maharashtra branch of Forward Block Party merged in Indira Congress.
3/31/1998T. N. Mishra became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 04/01/99).
8/1/1989Kirti Vrajlal Ambani,Reliance executive, held in connection with a plot to kill Bombay Dyeing Chairman Nusli Wadia.
3/4/2000Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980.
9/8/1951The office of Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions) was re-designated as CDA(P), Allahabad.