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Historical Event on 1/18/1997
Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/30/1919 | Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act. |
| 5/9/1995 | Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt. |
| 11/30/1995 | G. Umapati, filmmaker, died. |
| 3/9/1993 | 14 bus passengers burnt to death in Andhra . |
| 5/23/1996 | 1995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore. |
| 7/11/1882 | Baba Kanshi Ram, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Dada Siba village, Tehsil Dehra District, Kangra. |
| 4/22/1930 | Civil Disobedience at Dandi, 6th April 1930 and Civil Disobedience at Bombay, 7th April 1930, both documentary films produced by Krishna Film Co., Bombay, were prohibited by Censor Board on April 22, on the grounds that they were calculated to foster resistance to Government and to promote a breach of Law and Order. |
| 1/1/1983 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Communications Year"". |
| 12/3/1971 | During the ensuing melee, three of the Sabres were shot down while all Gnats returning to base were unscathed. The first blood of a new Indo-Pakistan air war had been drawn. Other encounters were to follow over the next 10 days within both Indian and Pakistani airspace, before a full-scale war began. |
| 4/11/1992 | Dr. M.M.Thomas, Nagaland Governor, removed from office. |
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