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Historical Event on 1/18/1980
Assam agitation turns violent; Army called in.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/18/1980 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India. |
| 4/9/1756 | Ali Bardi Khan of Bengal passed away in Murshidabad. His youngest daughter's son Siraj-ud-Daulah was crowned as King of Bengal when he was merely 20 years old after the death of King Tartar. |
| 12/30/1803 | East India Comapny captured Dehli, Agra and Bharooch. |
| 1/22/1986 | Satwant Singh, Balbir Singh and Kehar Singh, all sikhs, were sentenced to death for the assassination of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. |
| 11/10/1698 | East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time. |
| 7/21/1911 | Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat. |
| 3/20/1921 | Dr. P. C. Alexander, Governor of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 9/28/2000 | Marion Jones wins the 200m gold medal at Sydney. |
| 7/15/1991 | Jagannathrao Joshi, veteran leader of Janata Party `Karnataka Kesri', died. |
| 8/6/1920 | 'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released. |
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