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Historical Event on 1/18/1950
India is declared a secular republic. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) is determined to abolish casteism and industrialize the nation. Constitution makes Hindi official national language, English to continue for 15 years, 14 major state languages are recognized. India also moved a motion for no war treaty between India and Pakistan to improve the relations with neighboring countries.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/10/1992	P.Chidambaram,Union Minister, resigns owning responsibility for investing in 'Fairgrowth'.
8/12/1988	S. R. Bommai elected Karnataka CM.
10/14/1991	Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died.
3/29/1996	SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari).
5/2/1998	The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas.
3/30/1992	Satyajit Ray received the honorary Oscar award..
1/8/2000	The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain.
2/3/1992	Kapil Dev becomes the second highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket when he took his 400th wicket, that of Mark Taylor, in the Perth Test (New Zealand's Richard Hadlee with 431 wickets being the first).
11/16/1993	Kashmir's 32-day-old Hazaratbal impasse ends with militants' surrender.
3/14/1995	Chandragupta Chaudhary 'Comred ', senior leader of Bhartiya Communist Party, passed away.

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