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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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/17/1955 | Indian Standard's Institute started working to control the quality of Indian products and the ISI mark was issued to quality products. |
| 6/1/1930 | Baba Adhav was born. |
| 5/19/1993 | Government decides to merge Vayudut with Indian Airlines. |
| 10/15/1972 | Nirmalkumar Bose, great Indian human scientist, died. |
| 12/3/1956 | Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story writer, passed away. |
| 5/17/1991 | Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away. |
| 11/27/1962 | Britain agreed to supply arms to India. |
| 3/9/1974 | Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away. |
| 10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
| 5/4/1992 | India and Russia sign a five-year agreement on trade and economic cooperation. |
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