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Historical Event on 1/18/1970

Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/6/1967Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President.
2/10/1921Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated Kashi Vidya Peeth.
7/24/1997Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities.
12/28/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area, after the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, have sorted out the differences that held up the negotiations on it in the past.
1/14/1982First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully.
5/22/1993Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections.
5/22/1993Mahmud Gawan was appointed as Prime Minister, an office which he held till his execution.
8/4/2000Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the last member of the British royal family to bear the title ''Empress of India'', celebrated her 100th birthday.
4/1/1912The imperial capital of India was moved from Calcutta to Old New Delhi and the Province of Delhi was declared by a proclamation.
3/28/2000Delhi police arrest Shoaib Ilyasi, producer of the crime serial ''India's Most Wanted'' for the death of his wife Anju on January 10.