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Historical Event on 2/18/1992

Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/16/1933Mahatma Gandhi goes on fast for being denied to continue the anti-untouchability propaganda.
11/7/1893Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionaries in India, passed away at the age of 37.
6/20/1993Harshad Mehta's senior counsel Ram Jethmalani asks JPC to summon the PM and allow cross-examination.
9/5/1998Trishul and Akash test fired from Chandipore.
8/19/1976Nagarjun Sagar University established in Andhra Pradesh.
7/25/1977Neelam Sanjiva Reddy became the sixth President of India. His held this office till July 25, 1982.
1/2/1990Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft.
12/11/1908New law suspends trial by jury and increases penalties for 'sedition.'
10/14/1919Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born.
6/11/1983Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89.