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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 |
| 1/1/1880 | Money order system was introduced. |
| 6/29/1909 | Pandit Motilal, social reformer and freedom fighter, was born. |
| 5/28/1963 | Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India). |
| 5/1/1994 | Political party Shiromani Akali Dal was established. |
| 4/2/1993 | MP High Court quashes dismissal of BJP Government under article 356; the Centre decides to move the Supreme Court. |
| 1/10/1996 | All in all, it has been a long story of nearly nine decades, with the early shaky screen images turning into a multi-pronged and multi-winged empire of its own, that has yielded about 27,000 feature films and thousands of documented short films. |
| 8/15/1947 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India. |
| 1/1/1974 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""World Population Year"". |
| 10/13/1978 | Maharashtra branch of Forward Block Party merged in Indira Congress. |
| 1/27/1970 | Probir Sen, cricketer, 20 catches & 11 stumpings and 14 Tests for India, passed away. |
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