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Historical Event on 1/18/1997

Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/26/1926Kankalta, freedom fighter, was born in Bargawadi village at Assam . She was shot when she tried to flur the Indian National Flag in Gopur, Assam.
10/10/1964Olympics opened at Tokyo
2/3/1928Chandrasekhar Vaman Gadkari, cricketer (Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953-55), was born at Pune.
10/28/1929Narotam Puna, cricketer (Bombay NZ off-spinner v England 1966), was born.
2/19/1911Merle Oberon, film actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), was born in Calcutta, India.
4/6/1968Indira Gandhi,PM, inaugurated the construction of Bokaro Steel Plant.
12/22/1843Debendranath Tagore, father of Rabindranath Tagore, accepted Brahmo religion at the hands of Ramchandra Vidyabagish.
8/18/1920Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding.
1/20/1939Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born.
9/21/1995Rumors that statues of the Hindu god Ganesh were drinking milk spread in New Delhi.