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Historical Event on 3/18/1972

First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1965Government sanction was accorded to the Officers Training School for the start of Short Service Regular Commission.
12/20/1994The last batch of troops of IAF left the capital city of Mogadishu.. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion by AN-124 contracted by UN.
2/17/1907Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), passed away.
9/28/1924In penance for riots, Gandhi, on hunger strike in Delhi, proclaimed he would break his fast only at death.
8/4/1937Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, famous lawyer, philosopher, ancient researcher and eminent historian, died at Patna.
1/2/1994Warden's in Arambaug, India lead about a fifty hungry and bruised elephants into a forest for temporary shelter. After a week, the herd strayed from a santuary, stampeding villagers and terrorising peasants.
5/18/1998India may take the US to WTO.
5/31/1988Dwarika Prasad Mishra, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, passed away.
9/25/1919Rayat Educational Institute (Rayat Shikshan Sanstha) was established.
3/14/1995Chandragupta Chaudhary 'Comred ', senior leader of Bhartiya Communist Party, passed away.