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Historical Event on 8/18/1979

Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/4/1996Delhi court issues non-bailable warrant against PVN Rao and three others in the St. Kitts forgery case.
2/13/1719Jahandar Shah was strangled to death and the Sayyid brothers were killed soon after.
11/3/1933Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal).
10/5/1805Lord Charles Cornwallis, Governor General, died of ill health at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh.
12/5/1991The government reduces visa fees for tourists intending to visit India.
5/31/1926Probir ""Khokhan"" Sen, cricket wicket-keeper (India in late 40's/early 50's), was born.
12/12/1901Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December.
9/10/1918Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.
12/20/1993Bangarappa expelled from Congress for 6 years.