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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
3/29/1939Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut), was born in Banswara.
4/24/1918Durgaprasad Dhar, former Vice President of Planning Commission, was born.
5/24/1956Gautam Buddha's 2500th birth anniversary was celebrated.
10/27/1992Veerappa Moily, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, resigned from Bangarappa Government in Karnataka.
5/23/1967South Gujrat University was established.
12/8/1970Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers.
4/9/1974India, Pakistan, Bangladesh reach pact to exchange prisoners of 1971 war in New Delhi.
4/9/1974Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan) in the battle of Machiwara.
2/1/1930A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London.
6/16/1993Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded.