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Historical Event on 8/18/1951
Indian Institute of Technology was opened in Kharagpur, West Bengal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/24/1932 | 450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress. |
| 1/12/2000 | The Union Cabinet approves a proposal of the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta and a new airport in Bangalore on a 30-year lease which can be extended by 19 years. |
| 1/25/1988 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR (Posthumous) (1917-1987). |
| 1/1/1975 | Shankarrao Vasudev Kirloskar, famous iindustrialist, died. |
| 2/12/1882 | Satyendranath Dutt, famous Bengali poet, was born. |
| 2/5/1968 | Narottam Nagar, veteran hindi writer, passed away. |
| 8/3/1890 | Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, was born at Varanasi. |
| 7/2/1993 | Delhi High Court stays the Lok Sabha Speaker's order disqualifying four Janata Dal MPs under the anti-defection law. |
| 9/12/1905 | Anglo-Japanese treaty provides for Japan to help safeguard India at London. |
| 3/8/1833 | Vishwanath Narayan Mandalik, famous journalist, writer and social reformer, was born. |
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