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Historical Event on 6/18/1978
The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1981 | Colaba District renamed as Raigad District. |
| 7/15/1991 | Jagannathrao Joshi, veteran leader of Janata Party `Karnataka Kesri', died. |
| 11/17/1973 | Mother Pondicherry, greatest teacher and religious leader, died. |
| 5/22/1963 | Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur. |
| 10/29/1930 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail. |
| 11/18/1901 | V. Shantaram alias Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, famous film maker and actor (Chitrapat Maharashi), was born. |
| 5/10/1909 | Bellari Shammanna Keshvan, internationally famous librarian, was born. |
| 6/21/1991 | P. V. Narasimha Rao was sworn in as the ninth Prime Minister of India. He reimained in this office till May 16, 1996. He formed a 54-member ministry in the 10th Parliament. |
| 5/21/1998 | India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing. |
| 2/17/1917 | Fali Mistry, film director and cameraman, was born in Bombay. |
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