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Historical Event on 1/18/1998
India overtake a Pakistan total of 314 to win one-day final in Dhaka.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/5/1984 | Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab. |
| 1/26/1926 | V. G. Kanitkar, famous Marathi literatteur, was born. |
| 2/6/1887 | Manabendra Nath Roy (his childhood name was Narendranath Bhattacharya), leftist thinker, great Indian politician and philosophist, was born at Arbelia village of 24-Parganas of West Bengal. He was the founder of 'Radical Democratic Party' after quitting Congress during World War II. |
| 3/25/1920 | Sardar Sambhaji Chandrojirao Angre, politician and farmer, was born. |
| 1/27/1924 | Sabu [Dastagir], actor (Elephant Boy, Drum), was born in India. |
| 1/19/1919 | Omprakash Mehra, former Indian Air Chief Marshal and former Governor of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 1/16/1966 | Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, noted thinker and saint poet, great orator, professor and prolific writer, died at Pune. |
| 2/3/1995 | The Transplantation of Human Organs Act, notified after 7 months of Presidential assent, becomes enforceable. |
| 1/25/1999 | Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist, among the 14 distinguished personalities chosen for Padma Vibhushan. Sachin Tendulkar and Ruskin Bond get Padma Shri. |
| 3/4/1996 | Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products. |
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