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Historical Event on 1/18/1980

Assam agitation turns violent; Army called in.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/30/1995CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan.
1/18/1999Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.
8/2/1977Jaswinder ""Jas"" Jutla, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
3/25/1931Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'.
6/6/1997Five killed and 17 injured in a bus explosion in Gurdaspur district of Punjab.
1/19/1905Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali writer and thinker, passed away.
3/22/1963World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways.
8/16/1932Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.
10/6/1779Elphinston, historian and administrator of Mumbai province, was born.
6/20/1997Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad.