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Historical Event on 1/18/1959

Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/3/1995Mayavati (BSP) becomes the new CM of UP with the outside support of BJP.
3/10/1998India 'A' beats Pakistan 'A' by 58 runs in the fourth test to clinch the rain-hit series 1-0 at Karachi.
4/14/1925Harisingh Gogumal Kishanchand, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52), was born in Karachi.
10/20/1962China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level.
10/11/1986Mother Teresa escapes unhurt from a plane crash which killed six in Tanzania.
10/30/1933Dara Nadirsha Dotiwala, cricket Test umpire for 6 tests from 1981-88, was born in Mumbai.
8/13/2000The Government announces the opening up of the national long distance communication segment with no restriction on the number of players.
12/1/1894Bhim Sen Sachar, freedom fighter, leader and Chief Minister of Punjab, was born.
12/1/1894Sikh Guru Amardasji, great social worker and teacher, was born at Basare village near Amritsar district.
7/30/1996Delhi High Court rejects Narasimha Rao's petition seeking quashing of 09 order of chief metropolitan magistrate summoning him to appear as co-accused in the $ 100,000 Lakhubhai cheating case.