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Historical Event on 1/18/1948
Gandhi breaks 121-hour fast in New Delhi, after halting of Muslim-Hindu riots in Calcutta. He breaks the fast on security pledges from communal leaders who ""Peace Pledge"" to Gandhiji.
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| 1/30/1996 | Mob ransacks Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Bangalore. |
| 4/17/1983 | Rohini (RS-D2), placed in orbit, was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload. Launched by the second developmental launch of SLV-3. |
| 2/14/1658 | Dara Sulaiman Shukoh was defeated in the struggle for Delhi throne Shuja's in the battle of Bahadurpur near Varanasi. |
| 12/8/1920 | A. Adivi Reddy, social reformer and educationist, was born at Chandragiri, AP. |
| 7/10/1984 | White Paper on Punjab released by Union Government. |
| 1/12/2000 | The Union Cabinet approves a proposal of the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta and a new airport in Bangalore on a 30-year lease which can be extended by 19 years. |
| 9/1/1913 | Snehangshu Kanta Acharya, politician, social reformer, lawyer and athelete, was born. |
| 8/17/1916 | Amritlal Naagar was born. |
| 11/11/1958 | Inauguration of 'Indian', first one in Indian Explosive Ltd's factory at Gomia. |
| 1/30/1911 | Gajananrao Joshi, famous violin player and singer of ""Gwalior Gharana"", was born. |
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