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Historical Event on 8/18/1951

Indian Institute of Technology was opened in Kharagpur, West Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
3/24/1984Dilraj Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada.
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
1/20/1997Indian Express launches its 18th edition from Belgaum.
6/30/1965Cease-fire was agreed under UN auspices between India and Pakistan, who signed treaty to stop the war at Rann of Kutch.
6/2/1900Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away.
5/9/1917Fighting breaks out at Kharkwasta in the north-west frontier of India.
10/17/1990S. Bangarappa sworn in as CM of Karnataka following revocation of President's rule.
5/28/1963Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India).
11/5/1976Lok Sabha votes to extend its own life by another year.