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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
4/15/1948Purushottamdas Tandon was honoured with the title of 'Rajashri' at a huge rally by Devaraha Baba. He was awarded the Prestigious 'Bharat Ratna' award.
7/20/1982Mira Behn (90), disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away.
8/13/1995Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.
8/13/1995Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.
7/21/1994The Supreme Court declares that SC/ST will lose status on migration to other states.
11/18/1727Maharaja Jai Singh-II of Amber laid the stone of Jaipur City. Vidyadhar Chakravarty of Bengal was the architect of the first planned city in India.
6/24/1869Hari Chapekar Damodar was born virtually. He was the first terrorist of India.
8/21/1981Dattatrey Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kakasaheb"", freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 96.
1/22/1992Government raises Suzuki share in Maruti to 50 per cent making it the first public sector company to go private.
11/29/1994M.H. Kania, former Chief Justice of India made Chairman of the 14th Law Commission.