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Historical Event on 3/18/1972
First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/11/2000 | Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away. |
| 4/18/1991 | Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country. |
| 10/16/1994 | CIA connection to CN Annadurai alleged in book on Seshan, Jayalalitha obtains stay. |
| 9/22/1999 | Former Test all-rounder Chandu Borde was re-appointed chairman of National Selection Committee on Day two of the BCCI AGM in Jaipur. |
| 4/16/1963 | Gopal Singh Nepali, famous poet, passed away. |
| 10/15/1997 | Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things' |
| 2/11/1913 | Surendranath Dwivedi, educationist, politician and writer, was born in Khandasahi (Orissa). |
| 2/11/1913 | Saint Visoba Khechar, was the yogi-guru of the Varkari poet-saint Namdev of Maharashtra, took Samadhi. |
| 5/22/1996 | Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children. |
| 6/1/1992 | S.K. Datta became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/93). |
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