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Historical Event on 2/18/1918

Gopal Krishna Adig, modern Kannad poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/2000India wins the second leg of the pre-olympic hockey tournament at Perth.
6/27/2000The Clinton administration rejects a demand by 21 U.S. Congressmen for declaring India a terrorist state in the wake of attacks on Christian priests and churches.
8/27/1998India's cricket sensation Sachin Tendulkar has an audience with the legendary Sir Don Bradman at the latter's 90th birthday celebrations in Adelaide.
1/15/1934Nearly 20,000 lives were claimed in a tremendous earthquake measured 8.4 on the Ricther Scale, in Bihar and parts of Nepal. Munger City was completely destroyed.
9/23/1980Indira Gandhi gains power to imprison without trial.
10/20/1998Security forces unearth 770 kg of RDX and plastic explosives in the Tangmay area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir.
6/5/1995A three-week long, the first ever Indo-US joint army training exercise begins.
6/17/1933The civil disobedience campaign ended.
3/19/2000Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades.
5/18/1972Kokan Krishi (Agriculture) University was established.