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Historical Event on 1/18/1992
Ordinance cuts minimum poll campaign time to 14 days from 20 days.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/28/1983 | Gavaskar achieves his 30th century beating Bradman's 29. |
9/3/1993 | Pawar resigns from Lok Sabha to take up the newly won Maharashtra Legislative Council seat. |
5/24/1813 | Krishna Mohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist in Bengal, was born. |
5/26/2000 | In a significant development, the Government decides to allow disinvestment up to 60 per cent equity of Air India. |
3/19/1935 | British fire on 20,000 Muslims, killing 23. |
3/19/1935 | Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee). |
1/16/1999 | Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta. |
10/29/1964 | Priceless and irreplaceable gems, including the famed 'Star of India' of 563.35 carats and 2.5 inches in diameter, were stolen from the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA, in a daring burglary. An alarm system was discontinued years ago as was the all-night guard in the gem hall, both for reasons of economy. The jewels were uninsured due to high-priced premiums. There were other jewels too that were also robbed during this time. |
6/9/1991 | A question paper was leaked due to which the Civil Services preliminary examination was cancelled. |
8/3/1998 | India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea. |
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