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Historical Event on 11/18/1997

US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in New Delhi. Ms. Albright said she raised the 'all-important issue of terrorism' with Pakistan's top leadership.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/5/1931Gandhiji leaves England for India.
2/16/1923Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani, famous author, poet and playwright, passed away.
2/11/1977Dr. Fakruddin Ali Ahmad (1905-1977), the 5th President of India, passed away in office.
1/6/1959Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj, cricketer (India's finest all-rounder 1978-94, Cup-1982), was born in Chandigarh.
7/4/1989Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State.
11/27/1999BJP suspends former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Kalyan Singh from the primary membership of the Party for defying Mr. Vajpayee.
3/31/1992The new five-year Export-Import policy relaxes restrictions.
4/14/1979Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.
6/25/1998Sikh high priests exonerate the Akali Dal leader and chief of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Gurcharan Singh Tohra, of charges of violating a ``Hukumnama'' (religious edict) issued by the Akal Takht, which prescribed a complete boycott of the members of the Nirankari missions for their ''blasphemous'' activities.
10/10/1998Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtane bag the women's and men's crowns in the national tennis championships in Delhi.