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Historical Event on 1/18/1950
India is declared a secular republic. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) is determined to abolish casteism and industrialize the nation. Constitution makes Hindi official national language, English to continue for 15 years, 14 major state languages are recognized. India also moved a motion for no war treaty between India and Pakistan to improve the relations with neighboring countries.

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12/6/1732	Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of East India Company in India, was born in Churchill village of Oxfordshire in UK.
1/30/1996	Mob ransacks Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Bangalore.
1/6/1832	Publication of 'Darpan' magazine started.
1/22/1973	Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away.
8/13/1963	Sisir Kumar Mitra, Physics scientist, died at the age of 73.
1/28/1998	All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty.
8/3/1997	Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the doubles title in the Canadian Maurier Super Nine Doubles Open tennis championships held in Montreal.
3/11/1784	Tipu Sultan and Britishers signed the treaty at Mangalore which is known as the Mangalore treaty.
4/20/1989	President's rule imposed in Karnataka.
5/8/1997	India decides to import currency notes for the first time.

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