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Historical Event on 2/18/1998
C. Subramaniam, former Maharashtra Governor, is awarded Bharat Ratna.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/8/1864 | Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912. |
| 11/16/2000 | The Government to reduce equity holding in nationalised banks from 51 per cent to 33 per cent. |
| 5/23/1996 | 1995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore. |
| 3/5/1989 | Bhagwat Jha Azad, Bihar CM, resigns. |
| 6/14/1880 | Satish Chandra Dasgupta, rural Scientist, was born. |
| 5/4/1849 | Jyotirindranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur and poet, was born. |
| 12/29/1927 | Hakim Ajmal Khan, freedom fighter, litterateur and a true patriot, died. |
| 8/7/1999 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state. |
| 10/20/1990 | Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died. |
| 8/13/1995 | Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar. |
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