Lt Gen Bipin Rawat is next Army chief, Air Marshal Birender Dhanoa to head Air Force
Lt. Gen. Bipin Rawat would be the new Army Chief and Air Marshal B.S. Dhanoa the new chief of Indian Air Force, the Defence Ministry announced on Saturday. Lt Gen. Rawat and Air Marshal Dhanoa, presently the Vice Chiefs of their respective services, will take over on December 31, when incumbents Gen. Dalbir Singh and Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha demit office on retirement from service.
| 18-Dec-1398 | Amir Timur captured Delhi. |
| 18-Dec-1756 | Guru Ghasidas, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born in Girod a small village in Sona Khan. |
| 18-Dec-06 | Gandhiji returns to South Africa |
| 18-Dec-17 | Surendranath Dasgupta, great educationist, passed away. |
| 18-Dec-24 | Justice Venkatramayya was born. |
| 18-Dec-49 | Joni Flynn, famous actress (Octopussy), was born in Assam, India. |
| 18-Dec-60 | National Museum inaugurated in New Delhi. |
| 18-Dec-61 | Government of India annexes military action in Goa, Daman & Diu. in the early hours. Naval ships had been patrolling off Marmagao when they saw the Portuguese figate Afonso de Albuquerque in harbour. Her guns were firing at the Indian Air Force. Indian naval ships 'Betwa', 'Beas' and 'Cauvery' closed in and engaged the frigate from a range of 8,000 yards. |
| 18-Dec-61 | Lalchand Sitaram Rajput, cricketer (Indian Test opening batsman 1985-86), was born in Bombay. |
| 18-Dec-71 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Indira Gandhi (1917-1984), Prime Minister of India. |
| 18-Dec-71 | Indira Gandhi, PM, receives the Bharat Ratna. |
| 18-Dec-77 | Indira Gandhi resigns from the executive committee of the Congress party. |
| 18-Dec-84 | Reactor Research Centre of Kalpakkam established on 12th March 1969 was renamed as Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research. |
| 18-Dec-88 | Rajiv Gandhi visits China. It was the first visit to China in 34 years by an Indian PM. |
| 18-Dec-89 | Justice Sabyasachi Mukherjee sworn in as Chief Justice of India. |
| 18-Dec-89 | Prof. M. G. K. Menon sworn in Minister of State for Science and Technology. |
| 18-Dec-89 | Rabi Ray from Orissa elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. |
| 18-Dec-92 | BJP expresses regret over the demolition of the Masjid in Ayodhya in Parliament. |
| 18-Dec-95 | Dr. Julias K. Nyrere, former Tanzanian President, receives the first annual International Gandhi Peace Prize. |
| 18-Dec-98 | Sonia Gandhi hints that the Congress(I) is not keen on forming Government at the Centre with the help of other parties and that it would prefer to return to power on its own strength. |
| 18-Dec-99 | Indian tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhuapathi were named The Sportstar's sportpersons of the Year-1999. Sunil Kumar, the teenaged national hardcourt tennis champion and Aarthie Ramaswamy, the world under-18 girls chess champion, received the 'Young Achiever award' while hockey wizard Leslie Claudius will be honoured with the 'Legend of Indian Sport' award. |
| 18-Dec-99 | Dr. Romila Thapar, noted historian, cautions historians on Somnath temple. |
| 18-Dec-99 | The PWG blasts a railway track in Bihar. |
| 18-Dec-00 | M.S. Subbulakshmi gets the Bangalore-based Sri Rama Seva Mandali Trust's maiden S.V. Narayanaswamy Rao Memorial National Award for promoting Indian Classical music. |
| 18-Dec-00 | The Lok Sabha adopts the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2000 and the Government announces plan to set up a National Commission for Children. |
| 18-Dec-00 | The Tatas and the Hindujas are shortlisted for disinvestment in both Air India and Indian Airlines, while Videocon International for the domestic airline. |
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