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Historical Event on 2/18/1992

Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/15/1996Kashmiri militants and Central govt. hold talks on ending violence and to initiate the democratic process in J&K.
9/12/1966Mihir Sen, famous Indian swimmer, crossed Darda Nailes Channel.
6/9/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India ends.
10/21/1947The office of Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions), Lahore was bifurcated and the pension work relating to Indian nationals was transferred to Allahabad.
6/6/1997New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being.
6/1/1842Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali officer and litterateur, was born.
9/25/1984Indian Army withdraws from the Golden Temple; repair of Akal Takht complete.
5/13/1998India conducts two more nuclear tests at Pokhran. The US slaps sanctions. The Prime Minister says India will face down sanctions.
8/10/1986Gen. A.S. Vaidya, who was Chief of Army Staff, at the time of 'Operation Blue Star', was shot dead at Pune.
7/1/1955Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India.