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Historical Event on 1/18/1982

Six thousand labor activists arrested in two days and national strike called in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/8/1954Indian Government decided to integrate Chandranagar in West Bengal which was under the rule of the French.
1/23/1996Maharashtra govt. winds up the inquiry commission headed by Justice Srikrishna set up to probe the communal riots in Mumbai in Dec. 92-Jan. 93.
1/26/2001Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan.
8/4/1979Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay.
8/29/1976Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.
9/7/2000The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999.
2/23/1768Nizam accepted British supremacy and Smith Col. signed peace treaty with the Nizam.
4/2/2000Guru Granth Sahib is a juristic person and can hold property, says the apex court in a judgment of ''far-reaching consequences and great significance''.
11/14/1993Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away.
2/4/1992National Renewal Fund for industries set up.