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Historical Event on 1/18/1969
Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/11/1994 | H.D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader, assumes office as CM of Karnataka. |
| 7/15/1986 | India protests against China's intrusion of six to seven km into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 11/8/1948 | Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy. |
| 9/13/1906 | Surendra Kumar Dey, social reformer and politician, was born at Sylhet (Bangladesh). |
| 11/29/1996 | The Indian Journal of Medical Research brought out special issues, as part of the 85th year celebrations of ICMR, on Nutrition Research (November 1995) and Diarrhoeal Diseases (July, 1996). The ICMR Bulletin also brought out special issues on such topics as Nutrition, Tuberculosis, AIDS, Tribal Health, etc. so as to coincide with the theme selected for a particular month as part of the celebrations. As part of the global theme initiative coordinated by JAMA, USA, the January 1996 issue of the ICMR was devoted to 'Emerging and Re-emerging Infections'. |
| 11/23/1937 | Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, eminent scientist, passed away due to heart attack. In 1901, he proved that ""plants and animal have similar touch sense"". He founded Bose Research Institute in Calcutta and authored world famous books ""Response in Living and Non-Living""(1902) and ""Nervous Merchanism of Pl |
| 9/29/1993 | National Human Rights Commission set up. |
| 9/30/1997 | At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir. |
| 7/20/1954 | Armistice for Indo-China signed. |
| 4/16/1997 | Govt. orders foreign and domestic airlines to install air safety systems by the end of 1998. Aircraft with more than 30 seats that do not have Airborne Collision Avoidance System and transponders not to be allowed into Indian airpace from 1/1/99. |
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