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Historical Event on 3/18/1997

Indo-Bangladesh friendship treaty, signed 25 years ago, expires.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1980Assam agitation turns violent; Army called in.
2/16/1896Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', great Hindi poet, litterateur, writer, social worker and editor, was born.
1/5/1952Nawab of Pataudi Sr, cricketer (played polo 3 Tests for England 3 for India), died.
6/11/1995PM leaves for 4-day official visit to France.
1/6/1997Sumita Ghosh (CISF) sets a National junior women's record in the standard rifle 3 position in National shooting.
4/17/1946Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, greatest social reformer, freedom fighter, educationist, politician, master, scholar of Sanskrit and President of India, passed away.
1/15/1918K.C.D. Brahaspati, great poet, playwright and orientalist, was born at Rampur, UP.
12/31/1995Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1998.
10/6/1990Justice Ranganath Mishra sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
11/16/1877Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat