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Historical Event on 1/18/1948

Gandhi breaks 121-hour fast in New Delhi, after halting of Muslim-Hindu riots in Calcutta. He breaks the fast on security pledges from communal leaders who ""Peace Pledge"" to Gandhiji.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1991Congress threatens to withdraw support to the minority government of Chandrasekhar on the issue of police surveillance in Rajiv Gandhi's residence.
2/24/2000The Subrahmanyam Committee report tabled in the Lok Sabha. The panel concluded that the Pakistan intrusion in Kargil took the Indian security establishment by surprise.
7/11/1973India frees 438 Pakistani prisoners on medical grounds.
7/3/1991Kailash Sethi was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 22-07-1996.
12/12/1958Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies vs West Indies at Kanpur.
8/15/1982Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.
9/12/1961Nalin Vilochan Sharma, great Hindi critic, died.
1/3/1880Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started.
6/30/1934Chintamani Nagesh Ramachandra Rao, famous Scientist and Chemist, was born. His research work confines to ""Solid State Chemistry"". In 1982 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
4/3/1984Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.