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Historical Event on 7/18/1980

Madras Doordashan Centre transmitted their first colour transmission for one hour in the afternoon, and this programme was re-transmitted simultaneously by Delhi Doordarshan, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1959Power Project was signed betwen India and Nepal, an agreement on the Gandak Irrigation.
5/14/1995Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people.
6/25/1992BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven.
2/22/1854Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'.
6/3/1995Mayavati (BSP) becomes the new CM of UP with the outside support of BJP.
6/15/1991About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
1/14/1995Ban on VHP re-imposed.
4/26/1992Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her.
10/5/1907British MP Keir Hardie reported fomenting rebellion in India.