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Historical Event on 3/18/1972

First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/18/1972Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born.
9/13/1901Jamshedji Bomanji H. Wadia, director and producer, was born. His first film was 'Toofan Mail' (1932).
9/7/1996Ajit Singh quits Congress and heads Tikait's party.
6/8/1992Assets of 31 persons including Harshad Mehta attached.
9/25/195414 Members of Parliament (MP) form a new party called the Union of Socialist Progress. Acharya Kripalani is the leader.
12/15/1992BJP Governments of Sunderlal Patwa (MP), Shanta Kumar (HP) and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (Rajasthan) dismissed.
8/5/1992Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86.
3/13/1996Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final.
6/4/1903Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.
9/18/1803Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle.