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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
11/6/1988The graduated use of force finally compelled the rebels to surrender and the personnel of Godavari then took over. When psychological pressure did not succeed, warning shots were fired by both the naval ships.
8/14/1947Pakistan was partitioned from India. Gandhiji hailed the following day as one of rejoicing for deliverance from British bondage.
12/15/1803East India Company captured Orrisa state.
5/9/1753Maharaja Surajmal attack on Delhi.
2/11/1993Andhra Naxalites release four out of six hostages.
5/30/1999India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions.
11/16/1913Agnihotri Ambadas Shankar, journalist and litterateur, was born.
1/6/1992Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs Australia at the SCG.
8/14/1968Pravin Kalyan Amre, cricketer (Indian batsman, century on Test debut 1992), was born in Bombay.
10/17/1995BJP withdraws support to Mayavati Government in Uttar Pradesh. UP Governor Motilal Vohra accepts the resignation of Mayawati and her cabinet but asks her to continue as caretaker government. BJP's top brass takes the final decision to break with the BSP.