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Historical Event on 1/18/1994

Narasimha Rao decides to retain Veerappa Moily as Karnataka CM.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1633Revairu Diogu, dictionary creator of Konkani language and Jezoet Priest, died.
9/9/1850Bhartendu Harish Chander, father of modern Hindi literature, poet and dramatist, was born.
1/6/1987Establishment of 'Maharashtra Journalist Fund' Trust.
1/18/1998Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India.
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
9/10/1976An Indian Airlines Boeing 737 aeroplane was hijacked for the second time and taken to Lahore, Pakistan.
2/17/1976New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India.
5/31/1981First developmental launch of SLV-3, Rohini (RS-D1) placed in orbit. It was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload.
4/15/1948Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states.
12/1/1970T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972