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Historical Event on 6/18/1996

CBI arrests Sanjeeva Rao, relative of Narasimha Rao, and Prakash Yadav, son of former Union Minister, in the urea scam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/7/1995Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Pradesh CM, wins the vote of confidence. He received 227 votes. 31 were neutral.
4/10/1996The marketing of Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Moor's Last Sigh' in India was cleared by the Central govt.
1/2/1959Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad, cricketer (Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83), was born in Purnea, Bihar.
3/22/1949SSC Examination system started.
3/17/1943Indian troops retreat from Rathedaung to Buthidaung in the face of a renewed Japanese offensive on the Arakan front in Burma.
8/7/1988N. T. Ramarao elected chairman and V.P. Singh the convenor of the National Front.
9/2/1946Jawaharlal Nehru, was sworn in as the Prime Minister of the Interim Government of Undivided india, against Partition.
8/13/1998India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million.
12/11/1687Madras' first presidency chartered with a Mayor s court as a Municipal Corporation.
3/22/1964200 die in communal violence in the industrial towns of Jamshedpur and Rourkela.