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Historical Event on 1/18/1977
Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/2/1918 | Datta Deshmukh, water expert and President of `Lalnishan Party', was born. |
| 3/17/1985 | Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), passed away. |
| 12/30/1953 | The Untouchability (Offences) Bill published in the Gazette of India. |
| 6/19/1990 | 13 Sri Lankan Tamils, including EPRLF Secretary General Padmanabha, were shot dead in Madras reportedly by LTTE men. |
| 5/1/1966 | Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra. |
| 12/3/1971 | Third Pakistani aggression begins with air attacks on airports in the western sector; emergency declared. |
| 5/23/1998 | L. K. Advani, Home Minister, is to look after J&K affairs. |
| 5/31/1995 | Statute Bill, a constitutional amendment bill, introduced in Lok Sabha to extend reservation in jobs and in promotion for SCs and STs. |
| 9/28/1909 | Jairaj, famous film actor, was born. His first film was 'Sparkling Youth' (1930). He was a receipant of Dada Saheb Phalke Award. Some of his films are 'Fight unto Death', 'All for love', 'Bhawani No Bhog', 'Pearl', 'Queen of Faries', 'The Enemy', 'My Hero'. |
| 2/19/1915 | Gopal Krishna Gokhale, social reformer, political leader and freedom fighter, passed away. |
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