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Historical Event on 8/18/1990

President R Venkataraman presented the colours to the Officers Training Academy in recognition of their services to the Nation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1863Maharaja Sayaji Rao III, great nationalist and social reformer, was born at Nasik.
3/10/1940Banwarilal Bhagwandas Purohit, famous leader of Vidarbha, was born.
3/16/1946Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur Darbar, passed away.
8/5/1907Kashi Nath Pandey, politician and Trade Unionist, was born in Fursatpur Village.
9/5/1998University and college teachers affiliated to the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations call off their nation-wide strike.
10/17/1997Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab.
2/17/1968Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader, Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, passed away.
12/13/2000The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate.
1/19/1985Dr. P. C. Alexander, principal secretary to the PM, quits following the arrest of three aides in an espionage case.
1/18/1982Six thousand labor activists arrested in two days and national strike called in New Delhi.