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Historical Event on 2/18/1992

Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1997Forex reserves touch a record $ 22.36 billions.
9/2/1984Thousands of Sikhs rally at Golden Temple to protest govt. occupation in Amritsar.
11/14/1998Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies.
10/14/1930The Flag of Freedom' or 'Swaraj Toran' a feature film produced by Prabhat Film Co.Kolhapur was prohibited by the Censor Board on October 14, 1930 on the grounds that it was objectionable in the existing political situation. The film, however, was cleared only after deleting certain portions and the title changed to 'Udaykal'.
3/24/1993Six of Memon family escape to Karachi.
9/3/1999India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict.
12/28/1990Following the war threat as the January 15 deadline set by UN for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait approaches, GOI advise Indians in Gulf to send back their families to India.
8/6/1905Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
3/9/1997Bangladesh and Chakma refugee leaders sign a historic agreement for repatriation of the 50,000 refugees sheltered in six camps in Tripura for the past 11 years.
3/27/1989Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy.