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Historical Event on 8/18/1979

Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.
9/19/1933Sunit Francis Rodrigues, former Chief Army General, was born.
2/1/1944Arun Tikekar, editor and writer, was born.
3/29/1999A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.
12/25/1771Shah Alam II sat on the Throne of Dehli. Marathas captured Delhi and induced Shah Alam to return to Delhi after an absence of 18 years from the captial.
7/7/1917Ram Subhagsingh, great politician and former Rail Minister, was born.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
10/11/1996Supreme Court ruling on change of venue of Rao's trial.
8/1/1957M. K. Vellodi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 04-06-1958.
1/14/1938Belur Math, new temple, was consecrated in Calcutta.