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Historical Event on 1/18/1969

Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1997Paes-Bhupathi win doubles title in the Singapore Open Challenger hardcourt tennis.
11/21/1963First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme.
11/16/1958India and U.S.S.R. sign trade agreement to exchange Soviet industrial and agricultural equipment for farm commodities at Moscow.
8/22/1993V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes.
9/22/1992Harshad Mehta released after 110 days in jail.
4/11/2000Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'.
5/20/1878Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away.
5/25/1999India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.
12/7/1992Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
11/17/1915Vishnu Gopal Pingle was hanged for revolting against the Indian Army in Talegaon prison of Pune.



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