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Historical Event on 8/18/1951
Indian Institute of Technology was opened in Kharagpur, West Bengal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/3/1983 | Prime Minister Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of Assam's new capital 'Pragjyotishpur'. |
| 8/12/1988 | S. R. Bommai elected Karnataka CM. |
| 1/15/1784 | Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution. |
| 7/1/1941 | C. Y. Chintamani died. |
| 10/1/1997 | Parliamentarian and All-India Forward Bloc general secretary, Chitta Basu died during his journey by Howrah-bound Danaput Express from Patna. He was 72. |
| 2/5/1919 | Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born. |
| 2/13/1989 | Aubrey Menen (76), Renowned writer, passed away in Kerala. |
| 9/22/1952 | Bapiraju Adiv, famous Telgu novelist, poet and author, died. |
| 5/22/1970 | Vijayanand Patnaik established political party `Utkar Congress'. |
| 6/28/1991 | K. Doraiswamy, a senior executive of the Indian Oil Corporation, was kidnapped by Kashmir ultras. |
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