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Historical Event on 1/18/1982

Six thousand labor activists arrested in two days and national strike called in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1953Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away.
9/30/1961Chandrakant Sitaram Pandit, occasional Indian cricket wicket-keeper (late 80's), was born in Bombay.
2/4/1973India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation.
12/21/1903Bhalchandra Digambar Garware, famous industrailist, was born.
4/17/1996Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains.
8/15/1997The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus.
9/27/1760Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763.
7/9/1992The government agrees to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the security scam.
8/18/2000The Supreme Court rejects a petition filed by former Navy chief Vishnu Bhagwat challenging his dismissal from service and the consequent direction stripping him of the title Admiral.
6/28/1975As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.