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Historical Event on 2/18/1998
C. Subramaniam, former Maharashtra Governor, is awarded Bharat Ratna.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/15/1996 | Shyam Benegal's film ""The Making of a Mahatma"" released in South Africa. |
| 4/12/1967 | U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding. |
| 3/13/1940 | Michael O' Dyer, former Governor of Punjab, was shot by Udham Singh in Caxton Hall at point-blank range in full view of a large gathering in London. |
| 2/13/1994 | Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence. |
| 9/30/1997 | 24th Stock Exchange of India set up at Trivandrum. |
| 7/28/1994 | Sudhakarrao Naik, G. Ramanujam and O. N. Srivastava appointed Governors. |
| 5/16/1945 | Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away. |
| 5/18/1912 | Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay. |
| 4/7/1993 | Narsimha Rao,PM, arrives in Bangkok on a three-day visit to Thailand. |
| 1/12/1993 | Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh. |
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