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Historical Event on 8/18/1979
Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/7/1994 | Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India. |
| 5/4/1992 | India and Russia sign a five-year agreement on trade and economic cooperation. |
| 9/6/1995 | Salil Chaudhary, famous music director in Hindi film industry, passed away. |
| 1/18/1998 | Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India. |
| 8/21/1986 | Nine-member Cong-MNF coalition ministry headed by MNF President Laldenga sworn-in in Aizawl. |
| 1/8/1981 | India all out for 63 runs in one-day international vs Australia. |
| 5/30/1950 | Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away. |
| 12/21/1990 | Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively. |
| 9/1/1981 | Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 03/Sept/1984. |
| 11/20/1859 | Elfinstone, Governor of Bombay Province and historian, passed away. |
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