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Historical Event on 2/18/1945

Kal Yug' era passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1993India asks Pakistan to reduce its diplomatic strength by 40.
4/9/1783Tipu Sultan drives out English from Bednoor, India.
7/17/1996Madras to be known as 'Chennai' henceforth.
12/25/1932King George V's chair collapsed during his Christmas dinner speech.
8/12/1928The Olympic Games hosted by Amsterdam fully realized Pierre de Coubertin's vision: 'the nations of the world in friendly competition'. After a succession of Olympics dominated by North America and Western Europe, Amsterdam welcomed more than 3,000 competitors.
1/26/1965Hindi Language is accepted as National language of India.
5/4/1995The fourth ASLV-D4 blasts off from Sriharikota, successfully placing the SROSS-C2 satellite in orbit.
9/8/1962Chinese army infiltrated in the north-east border of India exceeding the Mac-Mahon line (Tibet-India boundary). This was the first ocassion of Chinese infiltration.
5/25/1997In a bid to break the deadlock on naming transport corporation after caste leaders in southern districts, Tamil Nadu Government agrees to create a new bus corporation named after Pulithevan.
5/31/1970Indira Gandhi called for international help as the civil war in Bangladesh, or East Pakistan, had turned two million people into refugees. Many of them were suffering from cholera and smallpox. The authorities of West Pakistan refused to care for them, and India couldn't afford to.