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Historical Event on 6/18/1978

The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/7/1994Malhotra Committee recommends privatisation and foreign participation of LIC and GIC.
8/3/1998India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.
10/12/1911Vijay Madhavji Merchant Thackersey, cricketer (all-time great Indian batsman), was born in Bombay.
3/24/1992Congress (I) strength goes up by six seats in the Rajya Sabha on account of biennial polls.
10/2/1982Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance minister of India, died.
7/20/1903British to increase size of Royal Army in India.
1/31/1997Government raises quantity of gold that can be brought into the country by non-residents to 10 kg. (from the existing 5).
7/30/1997Madras High Court restrains, by an interim injunction, the foreign universities/institutions having offices in India from awarding or conferring any degree on Indian students.
1/28/1933India in Waldorf Hotel in London read out a four and a half page note in Cambridge.
4/8/1894Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, famous novelist and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', died at the age of 55. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'.