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Historical Event on 5/18/1972

Kokan Krishi (Agriculture) University was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1978The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay.
8/3/1905Uma Datt Sraswat, famous writer, was born at Biswan in U.P.
10/26/1934Akhil Bharatiya Gramin Udyog Sangh (All India Small Scale Industries Association) was founded and inaugrated by Mahatma Gandhi.
10/23/1883Mirza Mohammad Ismile, Diwan of Mysore and Prime Minister of Hydrabad and Jaipur, was born.
11/13/1908Yeshwantrao Hindurao Ghorpade, former ruler and great industrialist, was born.
7/5/1993Air Marshal Swarup Krishna Kaul appointed Chief of Air Staff.
2/23/1962The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).
6/17/1976Montreal Olympics opens.
8/11/1956The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act.
2/25/1886Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave 'Narmad', social reformer and famous Gujrati litterateur, passed away.