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Historical Event on 8/18/1951

Indian Institute of Technology was opened in Kharagpur, West Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/4/1998G. Sarala Devi, 62, CPI leader and general secretary of the National Federation of Indian Women, passed away in Hyderabad.
4/18/1991Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country.
9/29/1755Robert Lord Clive founded the British empire in India
5/4/1832Darpan', a fortnightly magazine started publishing as a weekly.
5/25/1995Voting on the Criminal Law Bill differed again in Rajya Sabha.
7/23/1903Chandra Shekhar Azad was born Today in 1903
5/17/1992R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China.
3/28/1943S. Satyamurti, social reformer, politician and member of legislative council at Madras, died. He was born in Tirumayyam village in August 19, 1887.
11/19/1877Jatindranath Benarjee, revolutionary of Indian freedom movement, was born.
7/30/1997Madras High Court restrains, by an interim injunction, the foreign universities/institutions having offices in India from awarding or conferring any degree on Indian students.