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Historical Event on 1/18/1963

Laxminarayn Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/17/1949The Constituent Assembly of India adopted Article 370 of the Constitution making special provisions for J&K.
2/4/1991An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.
8/21/2000Mahatma Gandhi's daughter-in-law Mrs. Nirmala Gandhi dies in Wardha. She was 91.
6/17/1933The civil disobedience campaign ended.
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
6/1/1959The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India.
1/22/1945The Indian 7th Division captures Tilin at Burma.
6/14/1997Rajya Sabha chairman recognises split in AIADMK parliamentary party and designates Jayalalitha-led AIADMK as AIADMK(I) and Thirunavukkarasu group as AIADMK(II).
8/2/1987Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship.
3/6/1995Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died.