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Historical Event on 1/18/1997

Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/23/1995TADA expires and new Anti-Terrorists Activities Law proposed. Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 1995, voting put off; Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill 1995.
6/20/1921Tilak University was established.
8/16/1996CBI raids house of former minister Sukh Ram and finds cash and jewellery to the tune of Rs. 3 crore.
1/20/1988Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
7/19/1965Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away.
8/10/1855Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur court, was born.
11/21/199227 killed in a bomb blast engineered by Bodo extremists in a bus in Assam.
10/15/1946Victor Banerjee, actor (A Passage to India), was born in Calcutta, India.
11/1/1948An Indian brigade group supported by the 7th Cavalry (Stuart tanks) broke through the Great Himalayan Range at Zojila to drive out the invaders from Ladakh district. At approximately 3,500 metres, this was the highest point in the history of warfare that tanks had operated.
7/3/1751Pilaji Jadhav died.