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Historical Event on 1/18/1971

Barrister Nath Pai, freedom fighter and member of parliament, passed away at the age of 49.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/27/1964Teen Murti Bhavan, official residence of the Prime Minister of India, became the Nehru Memorial Museum.
11/19/1994Lt. Gen. Shankar Roy Choudhury appointed Army Chief following the death of Gen. B.C. Joshi.
1/8/1927The first scheduled London-Delhi flight arrives after 63 hrs. Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare is on board.
1/24/1826Gnanendra Mohan Tagore, first Indian barrister, was born in Calcutta.
5/14/1976Pakistan and India agree to resume diplomatic ties.
3/28/1997India and Pakistan, represented by Salman Haider and Shamshad Ahmed, Foreign Secretaries, hold official talks on issues at New Delhi.
10/2/1994Five die of pneumonic plague in Delhi. Surat toll rose to 47.
1/21/1908Gandhiji agrees to settlement on basis of voluntary registration, if Registration Act is repealed.
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
9/2/1992Delhi High Court indicts CBI in Bofors case; FIR and letters rogatory quashed.