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Historical Event on 1/18/1999
Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, is selected for Bharat Ratna.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/9/1996 | PM unveils India's state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) `Arjun' at a New Delhi function. |
10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
10/23/1997 | Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka set deadline upto 31st October for sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to surrender. |
2/14/1807 | Khanderao Holkar, one of the sardars in Peshwa kingdom, passed away. |
9/6/1947 | Indian government creates a new ministry of relief and rehabilitation of refugees. |
10/30/1996 | CBI chargesheets Rao and six others including Buta Singh and Capt. Satish Sharma in the Rs. 3.5 cr. JMM MPs pay-off case. |
10/19/1929 | Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born. |
6/23/1953 | Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician, national leader and founder of JanSangh Party, died at Srinagar while in detention. |
3/13/1800 | Nana Phadanvis (Balaji Janardan Bhanu), veteran leader of Peshwa Kingdom, died. |
10/29/1935 | Narendra Kumar Chhajerh, great industrialist, was born. |
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