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Historical Event on 1/18/1999

The office of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is ransacked allegedly by Shiv Sainiks protesting agains Pakistan team's tour of India. Shiv Sena denies hand in attack.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1789Jean C Baud, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6), was born
2/5/1922Gandhiji, following Chauri Chaura (U.P.) tragedy in which 22 police constables and one sub-inspector were burnt to death by a mob, fasts for five days and abandons plan of satyagraha movement.
10/25/1983Technical Cell constituteded with a view to promote the use of official language Hindi on mechanical or electronic devices.
3/20/1920Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts.
9/30/1996Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Sri Lankan social scientist, received the Gandhi Peace Prize 1996.
12/19/1961Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops.
11/6/1993First-ever elections to the Delhi Assembly.
8/4/1967World's longest and highest Dam 'Nagarjun Sagar' made by Masonary System was inaugrated.
12/26/1989India debars Bofors from future contracts until they come out clean.
11/19/1992M. Veerappa Moily selected to become the new CM of Karnataka.