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Historical Event on 1/18/2000

S. S. Dawra is appointed new Director of the Enforcement Directorate.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1995World's best 7th wkt stand of 461 runs by Bhupinder Singh Jr. & P. Dharmani.
5/13/1967Dr. Zakhir Hussain became 3rd President of India. He was the first Muslim President of Indian Union. He held this position till August 24, 1969.
3/1/1775Purandhar Treaty was singed between Nana Phadnavis and British Army.
5/6/1971India refutes allegations that it has meddled in Pakistan's civil war.
3/10/1940Banwarilal Bhagwandas Purohit, famous leader of Vidarbha, was born.
7/23/1997India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
1/24/1976Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries.
12/23/1944U C Joshi, cricketer (Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India), was born.
9/24/1999India's Krishnan Sasikiran and China's Wang Yu bagged the boys' and girl's titles respectively in the Asian Junior Chess championship in Vung Tau City, Vietnam.
8/29/1984Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.