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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
9/1/1956Pakistani troops infiltrated the Line of Control in Kashmir.
6/16/1990GOI announces higher procurement/minimum support prices for all major kharif crops.
8/4/1956Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay.
8/29/1905Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey. India celebrates this day as National Sports Day.
8/10/1930In the 'Gandhi Cap Case' in Guntur, the magistrate prohibits wearing of Gandhi caps within a five-mile radius of the town.
8/15/1990GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday.
6/22/1971Habib Muhammad died.
10/27/1982Gandhiji's personal secretary Pyare Lal died.
3/23/1919Subhadra Joshi, freedom fighter, was born. She took active participation in Salt and non cooperation movement. She also motivated the freedom movement through her newspaper ""Hamara Sangram"".
10/23/1883Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat.