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Historical Event on 1/18/1948
Gandhi breaks 121-hour fast in New Delhi, after halting of Muslim-Hindu riots in Calcutta. He breaks the fast on security pledges from communal leaders who ""Peace Pledge"" to Gandhiji.

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1/20/1995	Supreme Court orders closure of 84 industries in and around Taj Mahal in UP due to pollution.
12/4/1829	Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
2/14/1959	Nehru tells the International Conference on Planned Parenthood that Indian family planning efforts have not stopped population growth.
12/23/1983	Micheal Chopra, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Newcastle, England.
12/23/1983	Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle.
2/13/1713	Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.
10/24/2000	Delhi High Court admitted the appeal of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao against the lower court judgement in the JMM MPs' bribery case.
2/2/1952	India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras.
1/2/1992	Central Ministers Cabinet approved that elections will take place after the death of any independent candidate.
3/29/1992	Shri Anand Rishiji Maharaj 1008 , Acharya Samrat of 'Jain Shraman Sangh', passed away.

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Historical Event on 1/18/1948 Gandhi breaks 121-hour fast in New Delhi, after halting of Muslim-Hindu riots in Calcutta. He breaks the fast on security pledges from communal leaders who ""Peace Pledge"" to Gandhiji.

Historical Event on 1/18/1948
Gandhi breaks 121-hour fast in New Delhi, after halting of Muslim-Hindu riots in Calcutta. He breaks the fast on security pledges from communal leaders who ""Peace Pledge"" to Gandhiji.