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Historical Event on 11/18/2000

Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, said there would be no cuts in Income Tax rates in the next budget, and signalled that the reforms process will continue.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1858Pandita Ramabai, social reformer and philosopher, was born in the State of Mysore.
3/6/2000India and China begin the first ever bilateral security dialogue in Beijing on global and regional issues of mutual interest.
8/1/1939Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed.
9/30/1999A B Vajpayee, Prime Minister, calls upon the people at an election campaign in Lucknow to give him a five-year term.
8/10/1979Rohini Technology Payload (RTP) intended for measuring in-flight performance of first experimental flight of SLV-3, the first Indian Space launch vehicle, failed to be placed in orbit.
5/30/1985Earthquake in Srinagar.
11/13/1998Tendulkar blazes as India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah beating Zimbabwe in the final.
4/14/1952Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated.
8/15/1995P.V Narasimha Rao introduces the mid-day meal scheme for the primary school children under the Central Government Welfare Programme.
8/17/1944Indian Viceroy Viscount Wavell rejects Gandhi's request to discuss war support in return for Indian independence.