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Historical Event on 2/18/2000

Pandit Ravi Shankar is selected for this year's Subbarami Reddy Kalapeetham Foundation Award, a life-time achievement award, for his contribution to Indian music.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1997Senior Officials Meeting of Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) countries begins in Mauritius.
4/12/1992The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990.
2/11/1977Dr. Fakruddin Ali Ahmad (1905-1977), the 5th President of India, passed away in office.
12/30/1947India informs Pakistan and other dominion representatives that it has decided to refer the Kashmir issue to the Security Council under Article 35 of the United Nations Charter.
11/18/1955Nicolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, top USSR Soviet leaders, first time came to New Delhi.
10/3/1977Indira Gandhi arrested on charges of official corruption in New Delhi.
2/15/1924Shankarrao Bajirao Patil, great leader of Maharashtra, was born.
4/24/1965Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal.
2/4/1973India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation.
1/12/2000The Union Cabinet approves a proposal of the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta and a new airport in Bangalore on a 30-year lease which can be extended by 19 years.