| 1996 | Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister NT Rama Rao died on 18 January 1996. |
| 1955 | On this day in 1955, the famous Urdu writer and poet Sadat Hasan Manto said goodbye to this world. |
| 1991 | After 62 years of business, in 1991, today the Eastern airline was closed for economic reasons. |
| 2003 | Famous Hindi writer and poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan died in 2003. |
| 1896 | The first demonstration of the 'X-ray machine' was done in 1896. |
| 1930 | In 1930 Rabindranath Tagore visited the Sabarmati Ashram. |
| 1997 | In 1997, Nafisa Joseph became Miss India. |
| 1995 | In 1995, the domain of Yahoo.com was created on this day. |