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Historical Event on 1/18/1985
Spy ring cracked. Top Government officials, businessmen held.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/4/1993 | K. Margabandhu, former UCO Bank chief, was arrested on charges of amassing wealth beyond his means. |
| 3/23/1994 | Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev. |
| 9/25/1990 | L. K. Advani, BJP President, starts his Somnath Temple, Ayodhya Rath Yathra. |
| 8/28/1896 | Firak Gorakhpuri, Urdu poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born. |
| 3/20/1997 | Maharashtra (like H.P.) proposes to make carrying for aged parents mandatory. |
| 1/1/1975 | Shankarrao Vasudev Kirloskar, famous iindustrialist, died. |
| 3/23/1931 | Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev, great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, were hanged for assasination of Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Central Jail at Lahore. Bhagat Singh and his associates showed no signs of any fear as they kissed the noose, chanting ""Inquilab Zindabad"" (long live the revolution). |
| 2/1/1942 | No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers. |
| 4/18/1959 | India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation. |
| 4/16/1991 | President's rule imposed in Haryana. |
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