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Historical Event on 2/18/1992
Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/30/1997 | Congress Party withdraws support to the 10-month old H. D. Deve Gowda Government at the centre, and stakes its claim to form an alternative government. |
| 6/1/1959 | National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director. |
| 5/11/1911 | Shrimati Lalitadevi, wife of second Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri, was born. |
| 9/13/1928 | Shridhar Pathak, prominent Hindi writer, passed away. |
| 11/15/1937 | Jayshankar Prasad, famous Hindi writer, died. His works include the epic (mahakavya) ""Kamayanee"" and plays ""Chandra Gupt"" and ""Ska |
| 8/25/1917 | The first significant step towards the Indianization of the Army was initiated when seven selected Indians, serving in the Army, were granted King's Commission in the Infantry and the Cavalry. Before the World War ended, two more Indians, who previously held temporary commissions, were granted King's Commission. |
| 5/8/1995 | Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83. |
| 2/15/1865 | Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born. |
| 2/23/1996 | North-Eastern Development Finance Corporation inaugurated. |
| 6/4/1989 | Melville de Mellow, Eminent broadcaster, died. |
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