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Historical Event on 7/18/1993
Dr. Banoo Coyaji, 75, gets Magsaysay Award for Public Service.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/23/1996 | R. Bhattacharji was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He is heading this office till date. |
| 11/14/1997 | Nisha Millet sets national mark in the 100m freestyle in the national aquatics. |
| 1/4/1964 | The First Diesel Engine came out of the Varanasi Diesel Engine Carshed. |
| 1/22/1997 | Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, former Union Ministers Ajit Singh, Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and five others chargesheeted by CBI in Rs. 3.5 crore Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MPs bribery case. |
| 8/15/1990 | Uttar Maharashtra University was established. |
| 8/15/1947 | On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories. |
| 7/31/1985 | Lalit Maken, Congress (I) M.P, his wife and a visitor at their residence in Delhi were shot down by terrorists. |
| 1/21/1820 | Dalpat Rai, modern Gujrati poet, was born. |
| 12/17/1972 | New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan. |
| 1/15/1965 | Food Corporation of India inaugurated in Madras. |
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