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Historical Event on 1/18/1997

Khanna Committee recommends more power to RBI over non-banking financial companies.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/15/1969Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86.
1/23/1961Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films.
7/22/1998India's 4x100m quartet of Saraswati Dey, E.B. Shyla, P.T. Usha and Rachita Mistry win gold in the Asian Athletic championships at Fukuoka.
3/12/1993Powerful bomb blasts at twelve various places in Mumbai takes 317 lives.
1/14/1995The 5th Pay Commission suggests trimming of bureaucracy.
9/20/1989IPKF suspends its operations against LTTE in Sri Lanka. LTTE, in turn, ceases all operations against the Indian armed forces.
9/28/2000Marion Jones wins the 200m gold medal at Sydney.
2/6/1950N. R. Pillai was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 13-05-1953.
9/2/1970Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi.
10/10/1996UP polls throw up a hung assembly.