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Events for December 18

18-December-1398	Amir Timur captured Delhi.
18-December-1756	Guru Ghasidas, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born in Girod a small village in Sona Khan.
18-December-1906	Gandhiji returns to South Africa
18-December-1917	Surendranath Dasgupta, great educationist, passed away.
18-December-1924	Justice Venkatramayya was born.
18-December-1949	Joni Flynn, famous actress (Octopussy), was born in Assam, India.
18-December-1960	National Museum inaugurated in New Delhi.
18-December-1961	Government of India annexes military action in Goa, Daman & Diu. in the early hours. Naval ships had been patrolling off Marmagao when they saw the Portuguese figate Afonso de Albuquerque in harbour. Her guns were firing at the Indian Air Force. Indian naval ships 'Betwa', 'Beas' and 'Cauvery' closed in and engaged the frigate from a range of 8,000 yards.
18-December-1961	Lalchand Sitaram Rajput, cricketer (Indian Test opening batsman 1985-86), was born in Bombay.
18-December-1971	Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Indira Gandhi (1917-1984), Prime Minister of India.
18-December-1971	Indira Gandhi, PM, receives the Bharat Ratna.
18-December-1977	Indira Gandhi resigns from the executive committee of the Congress party.
18-December-1984	Reactor Research Centre of Kalpakkam established on 12th March 1969 was renamed as Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research.
18-December-1988	Rajiv Gandhi visits China. It was the first visit to China in 34 years by an Indian PM.
18-December-1989	Justice Sabyasachi Mukherjee sworn in as Chief Justice of India.
18-December-1989	Prof. M. G. K. Menon sworn in Minister of State for Science and Technology.
18-December-1989	Rabi Ray from Orissa elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
18-December-1992	BJP expresses regret over the demolition of the Masjid in Ayodhya in Parliament.
18-December-1995	Dr. Julias K. Nyrere, former Tanzanian President, receives the first annual International Gandhi Peace Prize.
18-December-1998	Sonia Gandhi hints that the Congress(I) is not keen on forming Government at the Centre with the help of other parties and that it would prefer to return to power on its own strength.
18-December-1999	Indian tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhuapathi were named The Sportstar's sportpersons of the Year-1999. Sunil Kumar, the teenaged national hardcourt tennis champion and Aarthie Ramaswamy, the world under-18 girls chess champion, received the 'Young Achiever award' while hockey wizard Leslie Claudius will be honoured with the 'Legend of Indian Sport' award.
18-December-1999	Dr. Romila Thapar, noted historian, cautions historians on Somnath temple.
18-December-1999	The PWG blasts a railway track in Bihar.
18-December-2000	M.S. Subbulakshmi gets the Bangalore-based Sri Rama Seva Mandali Trust's maiden S.V. Narayanaswamy Rao Memorial National Award for promoting Indian Classical music.
18-December-2000	The Lok Sabha adopts the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2000 and the Government announces plan to set up a National Commission for Children.
18-December-2000	The Tatas and the Hindujas are shortlisted for disinvestment in both Air India and Indian Airlines, while Videocon International for the domestic airline.