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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 |
| 8/12/1897 | Major Gegeral Himmat Singh, Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Duputy Defence Minister, was born. |
| 9/30/1996 | Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Sri Lankan social scientist, received the Gandhi Peace Prize 1996. |
| 2/25/1938 | Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay. |
| 12/13/1991 | Justice M. H Kania of Maharashtra sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of India. |
| 9/21/1997 | I. K. Gujral and Nawaz Sharif discussed in New York the recent flare-up on Line of Control and firing across the border.The two agreed that such sources of tension should not be allowed. |
| 4/19/1997 | I.K. Gujral, External Affairs Minister, chosen leader of United Front in place of Deve Gowda. |
| 3/9/1897 | Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official). |
| 12/1/1942 | No. 8 Squadron was raised meanwhile, absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel. |
| 12/30/1803 | East India Comapny captured Dehli, Agra and Bharooch. |
| 1/27/1904 | R. P. Kanitkar, veteran writer, nationalist, journalist and editor, was born. |
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