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Historical Event on 1/18/1997
Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/22/1866 | Mazharul Haque, great social reformer, nationalist, journalist, poet, writer and politician, was born at Bahpura, Bihar. |
| 8/1/1996 | T. S. R. Subramaniam was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1998. |
| 1/14/1773 | Amstored Lord William Piet, governor, was born. |
| 9/25/1985 | Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections. |
| 9/25/1985 | Mughals, under the leadership of Akbar, defeated Hindu ruler Hemu in the second battle of Panipat. |
| 4/23/1795 | East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges. |
| 9/29/1981 | Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore. |
| 4/11/1942 | All-India Congress party rejects British offer of dominion status at New Delhi. |
| 3/25/1997 | Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India. |
| 5/28/1989 | Kerala diocese of Marathakavalli was the first Christian priest in India. |
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