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Historical Event on 1/18/1985
Spy ring cracked. Top Government officials, businessmen held.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/8/1994 | Dr. Wilfred D'Souza re-installed as Goa CM. |
| 6/19/1981 | APPLE, India's first experimental geo-stationary telecommunication satellite having experimental communication satellite, successfully launched by European Ariane, Kourou, French Guiana. This is the first to be stabilized on 3 axes. |
| 2/26/1857 | First Indian Revolution called the Sepoy Mutiny ends in a few months with the fall of Delhi and Lucknow which broke out in Berhampore by the 19th Bengal Infantry. |
| 1/5/1890 | Ganendra Mohan Tagore died. |
| 8/13/1960 | Marmik' weekly magzine published. |
| 2/28/1919 | Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills. |
| 2/12/1949 | Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s), was born in Bhadravati, Mysore. He received Padmashree (1971) and Arjun Award (1978). |
| 10/15/1931 | Avil Pakir Jalaluddin Abdul Kalam better known as "APJ", famous Indian scientist, was born in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He is the pioneer of India's missile programme and was awarded the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1997, for his immense and valuable contribution to scientific research and modernisation of defence technol |
| 2/9/1989 | Sanjay Khan, actor-director, critically injured in a fire accident. |
| 5/14/1963 | Dr. Raghuvir, a famous linguist and President of Jansangh, passed away. |
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