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Historical Event on 6/18/1978
The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/9/1873 | Henry Albert John Gidney, greatest leader and politician, was born in Igatpuri, Maharashtra. |
4/22/1993 | Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike. |
4/13/1889 | Balkrishna A. Pillai, litterateur and journalist, was born. |
11/13/1917 | Gajanan Madhav, famous modern Hindi poet, critic and storywriter, was born. |
5/30/1977 | Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons. |
12/12/1992 | Government asks CBI to probe the demolition of the masjid in Ayodhya. |
1/20/1817 | Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College. |
8/13/1911 | Guha Phulrenu, social worker, was born. |
1/7/1993 | C. Subramaniam, Maharashtra Governor, resigns. |
2/19/1993 | German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President. |
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