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Historical Event on 2/18/1944

Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Institute' established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/28/1988Jaydev, famous music director, passed away.
7/25/1995India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95).
1/14/1998The Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh come together for a three-nation business summit in Dhaka.
6/8/1999ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively.
11/16/198966 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued.
5/31/1921Suresh Hariprasad Joshi, modern Gujarati poet, story writer and critic, was born.
10/1/1978In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.
12/13/1986Smita Patil, famous film actress, passed away.
9/9/1920Anglo Oriental College of Aligargh became Aligarh Muslim University. It was the first university to use the regional language.