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Historical Event on 1/18/1978

Shri Bhim Sen Sachar, freedom fighter, leader and Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1996Celebration of Platinum jubilee of B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital and Topiwal National Medical College from 4th September 1995 to 4th September 1996 (CIVIC).
9/30/1996Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.
2/22/1997Jockey Mark Gallagher shot at and injured in Bangalore.
6/13/1992Security scam: assets of three SBI officials attached.
12/4/1998Ilayaraja, nusic composer, selected for the Lata Mangeshkar award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government.
7/1/1909Madanlal Dhingra, revolutionary, assassinated Sir William Curzon Wyllie, a prominent Anglo-Indian, at the Imperial Institute in London.
1/25/1983Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982).
10/3/1988Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh after 30 months of being held captive.
11/10/2000R.M. Shankara and Rashmi Kumari lift men's and women's title in the World carrom championship in New Delhi.
3/29/1952India enters into a war with Japan.