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Historical Event on 7/18/1908

Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay.

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4/8/1998Prem Singh Lalpura, who defied the Akali Dal leadership, not taking oath as a Lok Sabha member on denial of a ministerial berth, is expelled by the party.
8/17/1970The first microwave link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi.
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12/5/1991Sarkaria report accepted.
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10/11/1991Resident Editor of Nagpur Times Ramnarayan Dube assassinated.