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Historical Event on 2/18/2000
Pandit Ravi Shankar is selected for this year's Subbarami Reddy Kalapeetham Foundation Award, a life-time achievement award, for his contribution to Indian music.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/4/1757 | Lord Clive remained unsuccessful after sending two ambassadors to make treaty with Siraj -Ud -Daula, while he was marching towards Calcutta. |
| 4/24/1965 | Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal. |
| 12/25/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, launches a Rs.60,000 crore ''Gram Sadak Yojana'' for linking all villages and the ""Antyodaya Anna Scheme'' for providing cheap foodgrains under the TPDS. |
| 1/24/1966 | Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government. |
| 11/19/1924 | Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab. |
| 9/9/2000 | Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship. |
| 6/28/1787 | Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born. |
| 5/9/1907 | Two thousand dacoits riot in eastern Bengal. |
| 6/11/1983 | Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89. |
| 9/7/1968 | Benipuri Sharma, famous Hindi novelist, died. |
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