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Historical Event on 1/18/1950
India is declared a secular republic. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) is determined to abolish casteism and industrialize the nation. Constitution makes Hindi official national language, English to continue for 15 years, 14 major state languages are recognized. India also moved a motion for no war treaty between India and Pakistan to improve the relations with neighboring countries.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1950	Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab.
10/10/1978	Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'.
1/8/1908	Gandhiji asks the Government for suspension of Registration Act, offers voluntary registration.
9/7/1887	Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, was born at Dhamrai in Dhaka now in Bangladesh.
1/9/1994	Indian diplomats and staff members evacuated from war-ravaged Kabul.
8/19/1944	The last Japanese troops driven out of India.
1/21/1994	India and Myanmar decide to open border trade.
11/25/1998	Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways.
5/20/1994	Indian ship rescues over 2000 Indian nationals trapped in the embattled Yemen's port city of Aden.
5/7/1990	Government of India bans strikes in any service in any oil field or refinery under the Essential Services Maintenance Act.

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