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Historical Event on 1/18/1970
Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/10/1897 | Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years. |
| 3/22/1999 | 57 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district. |
| 3/28/1954 | The flight undertook its first VVIP commitment, when it carried the first Prime Minister of India, the Late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, from Palam to Tilpat range and back to witness the 'Fire Power Demo'. It carried wide spectrum of VVIPs, including the President, the Prime Minister, renowned statesmen, Generals, Luminaries and visiting foreign dignitaries. |
| 5/30/1950 | Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away. |
| 8/18/1800 | Fort William College was established at Calcutta. |
| 4/3/1988 | Rajiv Gandhi seals the border between Punjab and Pakistan. |
| 10/31/1999 | Dr. S. S. Badrinath gets Dhanvantari Award. |
| 3/25/1931 | 50 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted. |
| 12/9/1999 | BJP expels former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh. |
| 6/4/1987 | A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India. |
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