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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
5/19/1796Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds.
10/17/1996President's rule reimposed in U.P.
3/1/1924Naresh Mehta was born.
5/29/1973Jo Paul Ancheri, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Trichur, Kerala. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1994.
1/5/1998Laloo Yadav, RJD president, and BSP chief Kanshi Ram launch a seven-party ""Jan Morcha"".
3/17/1988First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space.
11/5/1956Nehru breaks silence condemning Soviets for repression in Hungary.
5/3/1969Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India.
1/26/1997Government prohibits manual scavenging and construction of dry latrines in six states (AP, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura, West Bengal) and all UTs.
2/25/1977Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun.