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Historical Event on 1/18/1997

India's first electric car 'Reva' launched in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1982Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance minister of India, died.
12/19/1999The President and the Prime Minister express shock over the bid to assassinate the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga.
2/25/1977Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun.
3/14/1993India seeks Interpol's assistance in investigating the sources of bomb blasts in Bombay.
7/23/1993Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2B), second satellite in the INSAT-2 series, was launched. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was aunched by European Ariane launch vehicle.
1/26/1950Government of India accepted the National Emblem. It consisted of Head of Lion which is taken from Ashok piller situated near Sarnath.
2/6/1966Madurai Kamraj University established.
7/15/1986Sandhya Agarwal made 190 runs in third Womens Test Cricket setting a new record in England.
4/13/1889Balkrishna A. Pillai, litterateur and journalist, was born.
3/21/1993The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.