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Historical Event on 1/18/1942

Gandhiji restarts 'Harijan' and allied weeklies.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/27/2000After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year.
11/13/1970Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed.
10/30/1994India seeks Chinese support for Security Council membership.
6/12/1999Jalagam Vengal Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died in Hyderabad.
11/2/1841Akbar Khan revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan.
11/3/2000BCCI suspends five cricketers -Mohammed Azaruddin, Ajay Sharma, Ajay Jadeja, Nayan Mongia and Manoj Prabhakar--for a period of 15 days after the CBI report.
9/26/1977Uday Shankar (Chowdhury), producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana', passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravishankar. His main achievement was the blending of the Indian classical style with the Western Ballet and various folk dances.
9/12/1995Heavy rainfall in the Himalaya region, resulting in landslide, claimed 70 lives near Kullu.
2/3/1925First Electric Train started its journey from Bombay V. T. (presently known as C.S.T.) to Kurla. This train was on the Central Railway, Bombay.
10/2/1944Gandhiji was presented a purse of Rs 110 lakhs (£ 8,25,000) for Kasturba Memorial on his 75th birthday.