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Historical Event on 1/18/1980

Assam agitation turns violent; Army called in.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/30/1982World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.
11/10/1990Two Burmese youth hijack a Thai Airlines Airbus with 221 passengers on board to Calcutta.
4/14/1992The 79th Plenary session of the Indian National Congress opens in Tirupati.
6/17/1903Jyotiprasad Agarwal, Assamia playwright, poet and music director, was born.
5/6/1861Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, great Indian lawyer, political leader and social reformer, was born at Agra.
5/13/1956Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.
3/8/1833Vishwanath Narayan Mandalik, famous journalist, writer and social reformer, was born.
12/4/1989Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan.
12/14/1999G.M.C. Balayogi, Lok Sabha speaker, presents a draft for over Rs. 32 lakhs to the Prime Minister for the Kargil Fund.
8/10/1905Sundarji Gokuldas Betard, modern Gujrathi poet, was born.