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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 |
| 3/11/1784 | Tipu Sultan and Britishers signed the treaty at Mangalore which is known as the Mangalore treaty. |
| 5/29/1977 | Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji, president of Sahitya Academy, National Professor and eminent linguist, passed away. |
| 10/16/1905 | Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement. |
| 6/2/1908 | Sri Aurobindo, freedom fighter, was arrested in Manik Tala Bomb explosion case. |
| 7/28/1921 | Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India. |
| 6/14/1991 | Punjab was declared ""disturbed area""; army deployed. |
| 11/24/1969 | Guru Nanak University established at Amritsar, Punjab. |
| 5/8/1994 | Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away. |
| 1/19/1987 | Narain Dutt Ojha made some sort of a record at the residence of the Chief Justice of India when he was sworn in as a Judge of Supreme Court at 10.00 p.m. |
| 7/15/1993 | Maninderjit Singh Bitta,Punjab Minister of State for Irrigation, appointed new Youth Cong (I) President. |
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