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Historical Event on 8/18/2000

The Supreme Court rejects a petition filed by former Navy chief Vishnu Bhagwat challenging his dismissal from service and the consequent direction stripping him of the title Admiral.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1949Ban on RSS lifted on the assurance that it abjures violence.
12/1/1946Australia compiled 645 vs India at Gabba. Bradman made 187 runs.
11/7/1958Nehru said the role of Gen. Mohammed Ayub Khan in Pakistan had increased the 'risk and danger of war' between India and Pakistan.
11/28/1999Senior Awami League leader Mohammed Anwar Sheikh is killed and his wife and daughter-in-law are seriously injured in a militant attack on his house in Kashmir.
10/15/1676King of England permitted the East India Company to mint the Rupee and Paisa coins at Bombay.
4/1/1989Bengal regains Santosh Trophy by beating Kerala.
1/25/1856Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.
5/26/1935Swami Mrigendra Channaya, great Social Scientist in Maharashtra, was born.
4/12/1799The Church Missionary Society was organized in London under the original name of the Society for Missions in Africa and the East. This Anglican missions agency currently works in fields located in Africa, Ceylon, India, Pakistan, Iran and Palestine.
8/4/1993Swami Chinmayananda, master in study of Bhagwadgita, died at the age of 76 in San Diego.