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Historical Event on 1/18/1997

Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1883Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta.
9/6/1996A Delhi court says there are grounds for framing charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption against L.K. Advani.
5/26/2000In a significant development, the Government decides to allow disinvestment up to 60 per cent equity of Air India.
6/18/1988V.P.Singh defeats Congress rival Sunil Shastri in Allahabad Lok Sabha election.
2/18/1911World' s first official airmail flight service with 6,500 letters and post cards was made between Bamrauli to Naini (Allahabad) on February 18, 1911.
1/12/1924Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune.
7/13/1916Ramkrishna Bakre (Tatya), veteran journalist and music critic, was born.
6/20/1946Gandhiji attends Working Committee meeting from 20-21 June.
9/4/1825Dadabhai Naoroji, first Indian in British parliament and merchant, was born at Navsari, Gujarat. He coined the word 'Swaraj'.
1/29/1975West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2.