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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
1/9/1916Ramkrishna Ramnarayan Ruia, great industrialist, was born.
5/10/1857India's real mutiny begins with the revolt of Sepoys of Meerut near Delhi the next day.
11/2/1976Lok Sabha passes the 42nd Constitution Amendment Bill making India a Socialist Secular Republic and laying down the fundamental duties of citizens.
6/13/196660 people were killed in a collision between two suburban trains of Bombay.
7/26/2000The Centre imposes a ban on employing children belowing 14 years as domestic servants by all Government employees in the All India services at the insistence of the NHRC.
6/7/1997Mahesh Bhupathi becomes the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan's Rika Hiraki claim the mixed doubles.
4/17/1946Bellary Raghava, famous actor, social worker, lawyer and dramatist, passed away.
10/1/1993The two helicopters along with the first batch of fifteen personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. The two helicopters were provided by 111 HU.
8/1/1996T. S. R. Subramaniam was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1998.
3/25/1609Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. at Pulicat.