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Historical Event on 6/18/1978
The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/18/2000 | President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee. |
| 2/14/1922 | Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born. |
| 2/24/1988 | Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile. |
| 9/3/1916 | Annie Besant started 'Home Rule' movement. |
| 9/29/1977 | India and Bangladesh signed settlement for distributing Ganga river water. |
| 6/24/1946 | Gandhiji meets Cabinet Mission. |
| 4/11/1856 | Lievens Constantly, Flemish missionary in India, was born. |
| 4/23/1774 | British Commander Colonel Chapman defeated Rohilla's army and captured Ruhelkhand. |
| 7/16/1931 | C. T. Studd, 69, died. He was an English missionary, one of the 'Cambridge Seven,' who worked on the mission field in China, India and Central Africa. |
| 2/27/1803 | Great fire in Bombay. |
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