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Historical Event on 1/18/1997

Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/29/1980India won Gold Medal in Hockey at Moscow Olympics.
5/10/1857India's real mutiny begins with the revolt of Sepoys of Meerut near Delhi the next day.
2/1/1968United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development opens in New Delhi.
4/12/1913Gandhiji in Indian Opinion draws attention to new Immigration Bill's failure to fulfil terms of Provisional Settlement of 1911. Kasturba decides to join Passive Resistance struggle.
9/2/1976Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, famous marathi story writer, novelist and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away.
3/17/1882Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern Marathi language, passed away.
2/22/1993Sudhakarrao Naik, Mahrashtra CM, resigns in the wake of party dissidence.
7/19/1952India all out 82 in 2nd innings after making 52 runs earlier in the day.
11/24/1926Aurobindo Ghose, former I.C.S. and revolutionary, attained full enlightenment I.e 'Purna Siddhi'.
8/1/1958Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership given to Acharya Bhave.