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Historical Event on 7/18/1996

Union Finance Ministry gives final clearance to the Enron power project in terms of issuance of counter-guarantee.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/5/1966Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.
3/26/1992Accord with Bangladesh on Tin Bigha.
11/22/1999A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, expands cabinet as four more ministers join the ministry including Arun Shourie.
8/26/1914Bengali revolutionaries looted 46,000 bullet ammunition and pistols from Calcutta Port for their revolutionary activities.
8/4/1993Tarabai Bapat, daughter-in-law of revolutionary Senapati Bapat, died.
10/20/1999The Cabinet approves the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) Bill for introduction in the current session of Lok Sabha if time permits.
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
7/25/1997Kocheril Raman Narayanan (K. R. Narayanan) became the 10th President of India.
10/11/1876Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.
3/7/1996Union Cabinet clears decks for extending benefits of reservation to Dalit Christians.