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Historical Event on 2/18/1994

India rejects OIC offer to mediate on Kashmir.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/3/1995Mayavati (BSP) becomes the new CM of UP with the outside support of BJP.
12/20/1994The last batch of troops of IAF left the capital city of Mogadishu.. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion by AN-124 contracted by UN.
10/28/1947Sheikh Mohammad Abdulla invited to form an interim government in J&K.
11/3/19843,000 die in a three-day anti-Sikh riotsin India.
11/3/1984Mughal conqueror Babur Shah (1483-1530) defeats Ibrahim Lodi II, the Lodi Sultan of Delhi, and captures Delhi and the Koh-i-noor diamond, in the First Battle of Panipat. He founded the Mughal dynasty in India (1526-1761), consolidated by his grandson Akbar.
2/28/1835Medical College was started in Calcutta and it was officially opened on Feb 20.
2/21/1979Yousuf Hussain, litterateur and brother of President Zakir Hussain Khan, passed away.
4/9/1993Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi to be the next army chief.
11/27/1881Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, great lawyer, philosopher and eminent historian, was born at Mirzapur, UP.
1/8/1968The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language.