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Historical Event on 5/18/1988
The ten-day Golden Temple siege at Amritsar ends with the surrender of 46 militant Sikhs.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/11/2000 | The World Bank signs an agreement for a $713 million aid to India for three infrastructure projects. |
| 7/29/1994 | Indian army kills 27 Muslem militants. |
| 4/8/2000 | Air India wins the Rani of Jhansi women's cricket tournament in Chennai. |
| 1/9/1997 | John Major, British Prime Minister, addresses plenary session of the 'Partnership Summit' organised in Calcutta by the Confederation of Indian Industry. |
| 7/26/1922 | Girilal Jain, famous journalist and editor, was born. |
| 12/19/1919 | Sunil Kumar Banerjee, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1963-64, was born at Bengal. |
| 6/18/1996 | CBI arrests Sanjeeva Rao, relative of Narasimha Rao, and Prakash Yadav, son of former Union Minister, in the urea scam. |
| 12/11/1987 | Rajiv Government defeats the first ever no-confidence motion. |
| 2/3/1994 | Akash' missile launched successfully. |
| 7/12/1998 | India will not reverse the nuclear programme, declared Mr. Vajpayee. |
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