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Historical Event on 8/18/1979

Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/30/1995Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council.
8/8/2000S.Nijalingappa (97), former Karnataka Chief Minister, died at his residence in Chitradurga.
10/29/1999The Anubhav Group chairman C. Natesan was arrested by the Mumbai Police on alleged charges of duping investors to the tune of Rs. 1.16 crore.
12/17/1933Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut.
12/26/1904First cross-country motor car race inaugurated between Dehli and Bombay started its rally. It was organised by Motor Union of Western India.
12/24/1972Daily newspaper ""Janshakti"" published it's first edition at Jalgaon.
2/28/1997The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11.
2/3/1873Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, was born.
3/12/1988Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away.
9/6/1993CPI (M) wrests Congress (I) bastion of Chowringhee in the by-elections to the WB Assembly; Durgapur and Kurseong also won by CPI (M).