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Historical Event on 8/18/1979
Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/1/1886 | Baluchisthan became a part of India. |
| 8/17/1947 | The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence. |
| 4/2/1994 | Ravi Naik sworn in CM. |
| 4/22/1996 | National Stock Exchange launches a new equity index - the NSE 50. |
| 9/26/1911 | Prat Kumar Sinha, cricket Test empire for 2 tests from 1948-53, was born in Bengal. |
| 3/28/1956 | Tirumalai Ananthanpillai Sekhar, great Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact), was born in Madras. |
| 3/26/1990 | Sangma Ministry quits in Meghalaya. B. B. Lyngdoh is new CM. |
| 4/5/1908 | Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant freedom fighter, was born in Chandwa village in Bhojpur, Bihar. He held many prominent ministerial portfolios such as Communications Minister (1952-56), Railway Minister (1956-62), Food and Agriculture Minister (1967-70) and Defence Minister (1970-74). After 1977, he became the Deputy Prime Minister (Defence) in Janta regime. Thereafter, he established Congress (J). His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record. This day is commemorated as ""Samta Diwas"". |
| 2/25/2000 | Justice M. Srinivasan (63), Supreme Court Judge at the Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, died after prolonged illness. |
| 1/8/1884 | Keshav Chunder Sen, nationalist leader of Bengal, social worker and good orator of Brahma Samaj, passed away at his home in Lily Cottage, Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in our country. He strongly believed that education was the basic necessity to change the society. |
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