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Historical Event on 1/18/1994

India hires the law firm McAuliffe, Kelly and Rafaelli for lobbying in Washington.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/23/1983Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), the seventh biennial Commonwealth Summit, meets in New Delhi.
2/11/1944Buddhadev Dasgupta, director (Charachar, Grihajuddha), was born.
1/16/1948Pakistan charges India with systematic campaign to wipe out Muslims.
4/10/1997Announcement of UP's 70th new district to be re-named after Jyotiba Phule.
6/1/1992S.K. Datta became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/93).
1/8/1995ONGC's oil rig blow out at Pasalapudi site in Andhra Pradesh.
7/1/1781British troops defeated Hyder Ali's progress. He was checked by Eyree Coote after the battle of Porto Novo and becamed subdued.
4/5/1908Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant freedom fighter, was born in Chandwa village in Bhojpur, Bihar. He held many prominent ministerial portfolios such as Communications Minister (1952-56), Railway Minister (1956-62), Food and Agriculture Minister (1967-70) and Defence Minister (1970-74). After 1977, he became the Deputy Prime Minister (Defence) in Janta regime. Thereafter, he established Congress (J). His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record. This day is commemorated as ""Samta Diwas"".
9/18/1941Arjuncharan Srimukh Sethi was born in Odang village in Balasore (now known as Bhadrak) in Orissa.
9/26/1975Notification to pay equal payment to both men and women workers was promulgated.