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Historical Event on 1/18/1994
India hires the law firm McAuliffe, Kelly and Rafaelli for lobbying in Washington.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/16/1901 | Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away. |
7/14/1942 | Britishers Quit India resolution was passed by Congress Working Committee. They demanded departure of British and agreed on passive resistance until India's independence. It was declared on 8th August, 1942 at August Kranti Maidan (Gowalia Tank). |
2/21/1995 | The plan outlay for Andhra Pradesh for 1995-96 fixed at Rs. 3.159 crores. |
12/11/1999 | Dr. M. L. Madhu, poet and translator, wins the Pushkin Gold Medal award. |
6/19/1997 | Indian flag cargo ship, M. V. Arcadia Pride, sinks in inclement weather, seven nautical miles off Colaba, Mumbai, leaving four sailors dead and 20 missing. In the rescue and search operation by the Indian Navy, nine persons were rescued. |
3/19/1998 | E.M.S. Namboodiripad, veteran communist leader of CPM and Kerala's first Chief Minister, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 88. |
9/6/2000 | Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October 1. |
10/14/1919 | Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born. |
5/6/1946 | Bhulabhai Desai, great politician, passed away. |
8/19/1916 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India, was born. |
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