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Historical Event on 8/18/1979
Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/18/1979 | Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born. |
| 4/11/1887 | Jamini Roy, famous artist, was born. |
| 2/21/1952 | The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras. |
| 2/21/1952 | Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab. |
| 7/30/1920 | Rikhye Maj-Gen Indar Jit, Educationist and Former Army Officer, was born at Lahore. |
| 6/7/1998 | India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars. |
| 2/27/1912 | Vishnu Waman Shirwadkar 'Kusumagraj', great Marathi poet, play-wright, novelist and Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Awardee, was born. |
| 10/10/1996 | UP polls throw up a hung assembly. |
| 4/22/1923 | Babani Sheshagiri Pai, social worker and journalist, was born at Ankola in Karnataka. |
| 6/20/1979 | Renedy Singh, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Manipur. |
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