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Historical Event on 1/18/1992

Ordinance cuts minimum poll campaign time to 14 days from 20 days.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/17/1999Chiranjeev Milkha Singh won the Lexus International Golf tournament in Bangkok.
10/14/1999Sheikh Shamim, an Indian, is hanged for espionage in Pakistan.
11/15/1875Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Ulihatu, Ranchi district, Bihar.
8/13/1913Khawtin Khuma, politician, was born at Phuldungsei, Tripura.
4/25/2000West Bengal police nab Belal alias Lalu Mian, the suspected mastermind behind the hijacking of IC-814 IA flight to Kandahar last December, from a hideout in North 24 Parganas district.
3/7/1934Nariman Jamshedji Contractor ""Nari Contractor"", cricketer (Indian batsman & captain) was born in Godhra, Gujarat.
7/13/1957Behram Navrosji Karanjia, leading merchant and director of various companies, passed away.
7/6/1901Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician and leader, was born at Calcutta. He was the founder of the ""Bharatiya Jana Sangh"", of which BJP is the successor party. His father Sir Asutosh was widely known in Bengal.
3/14/1998Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri.
12/15/1675Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him.