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Historical Event on 1/18/1982

Six thousand labor activists arrested in two days and national strike called in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/7/1868Pratham Chaudhary (Birbal), modern Bengali poet and critic, was born.
8/19/1944The last Japanese troops driven out of India.
2/19/1994IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.
6/4/1958The three-men Indian Mountaineering group successfully climbed the high Peak in the Garhwal Hills Range.
7/23/1996R. Bhattacharji was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He is heading this office till date.
12/21/1952Saifuddin Kitchlu awarded the Lenin Peace Prize of U.S.S.R. Award. He was the first Indian to receive this honour.
4/30/1947The entire nation is stirred by religious strife.
4/29/1924Purushottam Ramchandra Behr, famous writer and Editor of Marathi literature, was born.
4/12/1978After several state victories, Congress party-I (for Indira) is recognized as official opposition.
9/9/1949Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.