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Historical Event on 3/18/1972

First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1889Shri Baldev Ramji Mirdha, great social worker, leader and politician, was born in village Kuchera, district Nagaur of Rajasthan.
3/15/1992Dr. Rahi Masum Raza, film screenplay, story and dialogue writer, passed away at the age of 64 years.
12/27/1929Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the national flag at the All India National Congress session held in Lahore. They resolved for ""Purna Swaraj"" (complete independence) on the instance of Gandhiji, the Viceroy of India that time was Lord Irwin.
5/25/1993Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India.
1/12/1757Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel.
1/12/1757Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan.
5/26/1998Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation.
4/14/1993The Cabinet Committee approves delicensing of car, refrigerator and leather goods industries.
5/25/1995Parliament gives assent to Budget and passes Finance Appropriation Bill.
1/1/1994This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Family"".