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Historical Event on 3/18/1997
Indo-Bangladesh friendship treaty, signed 25 years ago, expires.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/25/1876 | Mohamad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, was born. |
| 7/10/1924 | Johannes B van Heutsz, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1904-09), died at the age of 73. |
| 2/21/1992 | Congress scores nearly three-fourth majority in Punjab Assembly elections. |
| 12/12/1961 | Portuguese civilians are evacuated amid fears of an Indian troop invasion at Goa, Daman and Diu. |
| 1/26/1919 | Mohammad Cazzambhoy Ibrahim Khan, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests India vs West Indies 1948-49), was born in Bombay. |
| 8/18/1951 | Indian Institute of Technology was opened in Kharagpur, West Bengal. |
| 3/26/1980 | Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police). |
| 4/8/1894 | Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, famous novelist and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', died at the age of 55. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. |
| 2/22/1997 | India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0. |
| 3/26/1997 | Andhra Pradesh Assembly passes a Bill to amend the Prohibition Act, ending the state's 2-year experiment with total prohibition. |
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