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Historical Event on 8/18/1979

Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/21/1997First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.
5/9/1997At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh.
10/27/1998L. P. Singh, ICS, former Governor of five north eastern states, died in New Delhi. He was 86.
3/8/1948Air India International was established for overseas services.
2/27/1987UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding.
10/24/1995A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam.
6/15/1986K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident.
6/23/1993Motilal Vohra made governor of UP.
8/14/1862Bombay High Court was established for Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu territory. This court has benches at Nagpur, Panaji and Aurangabad.
10/15/1996Dengue fever in Delhi takes 156 lives.