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Historical Event on 2/18/1992

Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/1843Tarkanath Gangopadhyay, first realistic social novelist of Bengal, was born.
7/6/1992The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers.
6/18/1996CBI arrests Sanjeeva Rao, relative of Narasimha Rao, and Prakash Yadav, son of former Union Minister, in the urea scam.
8/3/1998India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.
2/4/1976Lok Sabha's life extended by one year.
12/20/1988The Constitution (62nd Amendment) Bill for reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years receives Parliamentary approval.
9/12/1974. C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07.
10/23/1990Following the arrest of its President L. K. Advani, who was leading a rathyathra to Ayodhya at Samasthipur in Bihar, BJP withdrew support to National Front Government.
2/17/1907Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), passed away.
12/23/1969Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi.