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Historical Event on 8/18/1951
Indian Institute of Technology was opened in Kharagpur, West Bengal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/6/1987 | MiG-29, re-christened `Baaz', inducted into the Indian Air Force. |
| 7/20/1957 | India's biggest sheet-glass manufacturing factory formally opened in Hazaribagh, Bihar. |
| 5/28/1998 | India takes retaliatory measures against Australia for its unilateral action. |
| 7/14/1656 | Guru Har Kishan, the eight Sikh, was born. |
| 7/10/1964 | Bangalore University was established in Karnataka. |
| 1/18/1971 | Barrister Nath Pai, freedom fighter and member of parliament, passed away at the age of 49. |
| 11/29/1953 | Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague. |
| 7/31/1996 | Joginder Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/97). |
| 11/5/1930 | Arjun Singh, leader of Madhya Pradesh, was born. |
| 11/18/1988 | Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Delhi on a three-day visit. |
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