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Historical Event on 1/18/1999

The office of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is ransacked allegedly by Shiv Sainiks protesting agains Pakistan team's tour of India. Shiv Sena denies hand in attack.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/1994Nar Bahadur Bhandari voted out in Sikkim; Sikkim Sangram Parishad leader Sanchaman Limboo takes over as CM.
8/13/1913Khawtin Khuma, politician, was born at Phuldungsei, Tripura.
2/28/1930Strike by workers of the Nizam state railways over bonus.
2/28/1930Guru Ramdasji died. His son Arjun Dev succeeded him and changed the offerings to the Guru into a regular tax.
10/5/1990Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died.
1/21/1820Dalpat Rai, modern Gujrati poet, was born.
11/15/1995Qiao Shi, Chairman of the standing committee of the Chinese National Peoples' Congress, arrives in New Delhi to advance Sino-Indian relations.
6/27/2000The Clinton administration rejects a demand by 21 U.S. Congressmen for declaring India a terrorist state in the wake of attacks on Christian priests and churches.
5/3/1962Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.