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Historical Event on 1/18/1948

Gandhi breaks 121-hour fast in New Delhi, after halting of Muslim-Hindu riots in Calcutta. He breaks the fast on security pledges from communal leaders who ""Peace Pledge"" to Gandhiji.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/26/1991Indian, UN Observer Mission in El Salvador joined (ONUSAL from Jul 1991 To Apr 1995).
7/2/1993Delhi High Court stays the Lok Sabha Speaker's order disqualifying four Janata Dal MPs under the anti-defection law.
3/21/1966Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed into polar orbit. This carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) which is for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. Still in service.
1/17/1941Subhashchandra Bose went underground at Calcutta. He appeared in Moscow after sone days.
11/5/1892John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, was born at Oxford.
4/10/1993Student hijackers of IA plane overpowered in Lucknow.
5/26/1999IRS-P4(OCEANSAT) with an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) and two small satellites (KITSAT of Korea and TUBSAT of Germany) launched by PSLV-C2.
7/12/1998India will not reverse the nuclear programme, declared Mr. Vajpayee.
6/24/1908Gopinath, famous Kathakali dancer, was born.
3/6/1961India's first Financial daily 'The Economic Times' started publication from Bombay.