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Historical Event on 1/18/1996

N. T. Rama Rao, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh (during 1983-84, 84-89, 94-95), passed away at Hydrabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1881Ashley Eden unveiled in Calcutta Town Hall the first statue of Indians Ram Nath Tagore and Dwarkanath Tagore.
12/3/1790Lord Cornwallis took away the regulation power from Nawab Murshidabad and Sadar Nizamat was removed from Adalat in Calcutta.
7/14/1999Arvind Dave is appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
4/11/1992Marathi cinema's Bhaichandra Govind Pendharkar gets Phalke Award.
5/27/1957Copyright Act was passed.
1/22/1986Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.
5/28/1963Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India).
5/13/1953The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin.
6/25/1996Sunderlal Bahuguna, noted environmentalist, ends 74-day repentance fast at Rajghat following assurance from PM Deve Gowda.
10/9/1970Production of Uranium 233 started at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Bombay.