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Historical Event on 2/18/1945

Kal Yug' era passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/11/1847Thomas Alva Edison, great scientist and inventor of electric light lamp, was born at Milan, Ohio.
3/3/1839Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, was born at Navsari near Surat, Gujarat. He started cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.
10/28/1999Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha.
1/25/1824Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, Bengali poet and dramatist, was born in Sagardari village of Jessore district.
7/25/1991Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao, famous economist and former central minister, passed away.
3/21/1973Yashwant Ramkrishna Date, great Marathi dictionary creator, passed away.
12/22/1947Dilip Rasiklal Doshi, cricketer (India's main slow lefty post-Bedi), was born in Rajkot.
1/19/1990Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", Indian free love guru, modern mystic and controversial cult figure, died in Pune at the age of 58 years. He will be remembered as a great orator and for founding of Rajnishpuram in USA.
10/22/1997Faced with unprecedented Presidential rebuff, a divided U.F. Government reversed decision on invoking Article 356 in Uttar Pradesh. Kalyan Singh government survived.
1/18/1999Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, is selected for Bharat Ratna.