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Historical Event on 1/18/1999

The office of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is ransacked allegedly by Shiv Sainiks protesting agains Pakistan team's tour of India. Shiv Sena denies hand in attack.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1979Anand Gopal Shauri, litterateur and journalist, passed away.
4/8/1929Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs on the Assembly Hall.
5/28/1968Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name.
1/5/199860 are killed as the Bareilly-Varanasi passenger train rammed the Kashi Viswanath Express near Hardoiin, Uttar Pradesh.
4/4/1947San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India.
3/12/1972Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70 \% of regional seats.
10/30/1908Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, freedom fighter and social worker, was born at Pasumpon village, Tamil Nadu.
12/10/1952World's first official Family Planning programme launched in India.
12/12/1989Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Arjan Singh named Delhi Lt. Governor.
3/26/1999Indian Airlines regained the National hockey men's title in Hyderabad.