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Historical Event on 8/18/1979

Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/26/1997Vice President Krishan Kant takes over as Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
6/1/1993Speaker disqualifies four Ajit group MPs.
7/29/1984Troops were sent to Hyderabad to quell communal riots.
7/24/1993Vajpayee elected leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha.
4/24/1966Margashayam Venkataramana, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 1989), was born in Secunderabad.
4/14/1944Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.
6/16/1859Anandram Dhekial Fukun, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, passed away.
10/10/1954First 'President Award' was awarded to film 'Shyamchi Aai'.
11/24/1969Guru Nanak University established at Amritsar, Punjab.
5/8/1997India decides to import currency notes for the first time.