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Historical Event on 1/18/1994
India hires the law firm McAuliffe, Kelly and Rafaelli for lobbying in Washington.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/15/1919 | Ahmed Mohammad Mamsa, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1963-73, was born at Mumbai. |
| 4/21/1990 | The first indigenously built missile cruiser boat, 'Vibhuti', was inaugurated and launched. |
| 9/7/1947 | Gandhiji leaves Calcutta for Delhi; commences daily visits to riot-affected areas. |
| 10/26/1991 | Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily newspaper 'Marathwada', died. |
| 10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
| 5/9/1995 | Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast. |
| 5/15/1996 | The 11th Lok Sabha constituted as Election Commission submits a list of 534 successful candidates to President. |
| 9/12/1962 | Raghav Rangayya, famous Hindi poet, story writer and novelist, died. |
| 10/3/1890 | Laxminarayan Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, was born. |
| 3/23/1942 | Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean. |
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