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Historical Event on 4/18/1998

Dr. A. R. Kidwai is appointed Governor of West Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
1/3/1997Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha.
11/1/1937Keral University established.
11/17/1991Sharad Pawar wins in Baramati.
6/9/1999The Indian army occupies two key positions in the Batalik sector.
3/21/1997Geet Sethi regains Gold Flake Open billiards in Chennai.
2/9/1964Hanumant Singh scores 105 runs on his debut match during the India vs England cricket tournament at Delhi.
12/17/1978Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died.
1/1/1862Indian Penal Code and code of Criminal Procedure passed on October 6, 1860 came into force.
1/1/1974This year was announced to be observed as the ""World Population Year"".