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Historical Event on 1/18/1996
N. T. Rama Rao, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh (during 1983-84, 84-89, 94-95), passed away at Hydrabad.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/16/1931 | Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting. |
| 1/29/1939 | Ramkrishna Mission Sanskritik Sansthan (Institute of Culture) was established. |
| 11/7/1858 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful revolutionary and journalist, was born in a place called Silhat (now in Bangladesh). He was amoung the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started as newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democra |
| 8/5/1994 | Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key accused in 1993's Bombay blast case, was arrested. |
| 9/26/1977 | Uday Shankar (Chowdhury), producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana', passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravishankar. His main achievement was the blending of the Indian classical style with the Western Ballet and various folk dances. |
| 9/10/2000 | Marat Safin wins the men's singles in the US open championship. |
| 1/17/1997 | Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas. |
| 5/23/1805 | Lord Wellesley, Governer General of India, issued a permanent provision for the Delhi Mughal Emperor. |
| 11/15/1992 | At least 170 people die in heavy rains and floods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. |
| 11/24/1930 | Chandrakant Trimbak Patankar, cricketer ( wicket keeper in one Test India vs NZ 1955-56), was born in Pen, Maharashtra. |
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