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Historical Event on 1/18/1968
The Resolution on Official Languages was passed by both the houses of the Parliament wherin the need to formulate a more intensive and comprehensive programme for the progressive use of Hindi for Official purposes, preparing annual assessment report for reviewing the progress, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other languages included in the 8th schedule alongwith Hindi, adopting of a tri-langual formula, making the knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and inclusion of all the languages of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional medium for the exams conducted by the union Public Service Commission at the appropriate time, has been stressed.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/3/1931 | Kanhaiya Prasad Sharan, politician, journalist and social worker, was born at Muzaffapur, Bihar. |
| 9/1/1915 | Rajindersingh Bedi, Urdu story writer and Hindi film story writer, was born. |
| 5/12/1995 | India refused to sign NPT in its present discriminatory form. |
| 10/20/1999 | The Cabinet approves the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) Bill for introduction in the current session of Lok Sabha if time permits. |
| 7/16/1969 | Morarji Desai resigns from cabinet. |
| 2/18/1911 | Captain Vasudev Belwalkar, who had also written the novels on history and war, was born. |
| 2/25/1844 | Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, was born. |
| 6/9/1957 | General Election ( 2nd) of India ends. |
| 9/12/1934 | Shantakumar Jagannath Sharma was born in Garhjamula, Distt. Kangra (Himachal Pradesh). |
| 7/11/1964 | M C Chagla, Union Minister of Education, turns the first sod for the foundation of the 4 ft tunnel. |
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