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Historical Event on 8/18/1990

President R Venkataraman presented the colours to the Officers Training Academy in recognition of their services to the Nation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/12/1999Jalagam Vengal Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died in Hyderabad.
8/15/1990Uttar Maharashtra University was established.
9/12/1974. C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07.
4/4/1997World Bank Atlas for 1997 put India as world's fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity estimated around $1318 trillion.
3/26/1997Russia agrees to help India in developing a state-of-the-art integrated air defence system, even as the two agree to carry military cooperation into the 21st century during the visit of Prime Minister Deve Gowda.
7/9/1993Passport fees raised from Rs. 60 to Rs.300.
9/11/1999India's Sachin Ratti won the men's singles title in the New Zealand International Badminton championship, defeating top seed and world No. 23 Rio Suryana of Australia in the final.
9/11/1999Humayun died at Delhi. Two days earlier he had slipped on the staircase of a library being constructed at the Old Fort.
2/18/2000Pandit Ravi Shankar is selected for this year's Subbarami Reddy Kalapeetham Foundation Award, a life-time achievement award, for his contribution to Indian music.
1/3/1917Kartarsingh Duggal, famous Punjabi story-writer and novelist, was born.