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Historical Event on 1/18/2000

India and the US resume talks to narrow their differences on the CTBT.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/30/1883Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, died in Ajmer.
8/15/1997The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus.
1/27/1996'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully.
7/25/1977B. D. Jathi retired from the post of second acting President.
1/14/1982First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully.
4/23/1751Gilbert Aliat Minto, governor general of East India Company, was born.
9/11/2000A Delhi High Court exonerates senior Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister H.K.L. Bhagat in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case in Delhi (in Mansarovar Park in East Delhi on November 1, 1984).
8/21/1995Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
3/30/1919Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act.
1/4/1906Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.