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Historical Event on 6/18/1992

Congress (I) chooses Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma as Presidential candidate.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/1995National Research Centre for Oil Palm(NRCOP), the only institute exclusively devoted to Oil Palm research in India, was established.
4/3/1926Muslim-Hindu riots destroy temples, killing 12, wounding 100 in Calcutta.
11/10/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move.
8/27/2000Mika Hakkinen wins the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix in SPA-Francorchamps at Belgium.
2/21/1995The plan outlay for Andhra Pradesh for 1995-96 fixed at Rs. 3.159 crores.
11/22/1968Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu.
11/15/192116 Gurkha troops killed by anti-British rebels.
10/1/1997Bus with 70 people fell into a stream near Cuddappah.
10/5/1864Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.
1/20/1952Vasant Patankar, famous Marathi writer, was born.