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Historical Event on 9/18/1967

English was adopted the official language of Nagaland .

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/12/1908Gaandhiji released from Volksrust Gaol. Indian National Congress adopts resolution on South Africa, criticizing the harsh, humiliating and cruel treatment to British Indians in South Africa as injurious to English Empire.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
9/19/1960Sindhu River water-sharing settement was signed between India and Pakistan.
4/14/1988Ashok Kumar, actor, recieved the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.
2/9/1985Editor of 'Sakal', a Marathi daily newspaper, passed away.
7/6/1901Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician and leader, was born at Calcutta. He was the founder of the ""Bharatiya Jana Sangh"", of which BJP is the successor party. His father Sir Asutosh was widely known in Bengal.
10/6/1999The DMK front is set to win a majority of LS seats in Tamil Nadu.
1/26/1997Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places.
11/29/1996The Indian Journal of Medical Research brought out special issues, as part of the 85th year celebrations of ICMR, on Nutrition Research (November 1995) and Diarrhoeal Diseases (July, 1996). The ICMR Bulletin also brought out special issues on such topics as Nutrition, Tuberculosis, AIDS, Tribal Health, etc. so as to coincide with the theme selected for a particular month as part of the celebrations. As part of the global theme initiative coordinated by JAMA, USA, the January 1996 issue of the ICMR was devoted to 'Emerging and Re-emerging Infections'.
5/2/1921Satyajeet Ray, world famous film director and a very short story writer, was born in a family of artistS. In 1989, he was awarded highest honour of France ''Legion d Honeur''.