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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 |
| 1/18/1950 | Mughals capture Ahmednagar. |
| 4/23/1955 | Political Committee of Asian-African Conference at Bandung adopted an Indian resolution calling for a ban on atomic weapons. |
| 11/14/1995 | Supreme Court gave patients the right to drag careless doctors to Court. |
| 9/26/1932 | Dr. Manmohan Singh, former finance minister, economist and Governor of R.B.I., was born. |
| 12/21/1974 | Inssatvahana, the first establishment to give submarine training, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam. |
| 9/19/1997 | India wins the Sahara Cup by winning the third match too. |
| 1/24/1995 | 3,400 meter long tunnel at Barcem piercing through the Karmali Ghat in Canacona taluka on the Konkan railway route in Goa completed at an approximate cost of Rs. 50 million. |
| 8/20/1909 | Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter, was born at Srinagar. |
| 11/8/2000 | Queen Ingrid (90), Denmark's Swedish born queen mother and great-grand daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in Copenhagen. |
| 5/1/1913 | Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born. |
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