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Historical Event on 6/18/1978

The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/7/1910'Bharat History Research Mandal' was established.
1/22/1996Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case).
12/16/2000Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu.
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
3/27/1977N. Sanjeeva Reddy elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
4/11/1999Paes-Bhupathi won the doubles in the in the ATP-Gold Flake Open in Chennai.
10/5/1989Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.
10/19/1921Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born.
3/11/1795Battle at Kurdla India, Mahratten beat Mughals.