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Historical Event on 2/18/1992

Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/8/1925The first All India Art & Craft Exhibition was inaugurated by Sir William Marries, Governor UP at Kaisar Baug, Lucknow.
12/1/1764Battle of Anvadi.
8/15/1992Karnataka seeks army help to nab sandal wood smuggler Veerappan.
7/2/1961Prof M S Thacker, DG-CSIR, laid the foundation stone for the wind tunnel complex.
12/28/2000India, Russia sign their biggest yet defence deal for licensed production of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets worth $3 billion.
10/1/1993Two more Election Commissioners appointed.
11/14/1995Supreme Court gave patients the right to drag careless doctors to Court.
3/5/1989Bhagwat Jha Azad, Bihar CM, resigns.
7/27/1947Princes were appealed to regard people's paramountcy as a privilege.
7/27/1947Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).