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Historical Event on 5/18/1972

Kokan Krishi (Agriculture) University was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/15/1999The BJP and at least 13 of its allies rename themselves the National Democratic Alliance.
10/27/1982Gandhiji's personal secretary Pyare Lal died.
2/3/1997Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes.
1/20/1995Supreme Court orders closure of 84 industries in and around Taj Mahal in UP due to pollution.
8/20/1969Varahagiri Venkata Giri was elected President and G. S. Pathak as Vice President of India.
2/7/1795Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies.
8/10/1993Narayan Keshav Upasni, famous educationist, passed away.
1/31/1995ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).
10/29/1999L .K. Advani, Home Minister, says the Centre is in touch with cyclone-hit states.
11/29/1869Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkar Bappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, was born at Bhavnagar, Saurashtra.