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Historical Event on 11/18/1994

Bipinchandra Joshi, cheif of Army and General, passed away at the age of 54 years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/27/1919Ustad Allarakha Khan, great Tabla player, was born.
12/1/1993World AIDS day.
11/10/1960B. N. Jha was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-03-1961
3/21/1995Lok Sabha passes Patent Bill by amending the Patent (Amendment) Act 1970.
1/26/1997Government prohibits manual scavenging and construction of dry latrines in six states (AP, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura, West Bengal) and all UTs.
1/9/1982A group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim started for the first ever Antarctica expedition on December 1981 - Jan 1982.
4/1/1962Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.
4/30/1992Over 7 years after the gas disaster, a Bhopal court orders attachment of Carbide properties in India.
8/16/1997Bodo extremists kill 13 villagers in Nalbari district in Assam.
1/19/1977World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.