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Historical Event on 6/18/1978
The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/28/1733 | Sekhoji (Jaysingrao) Angre, famous naval officer of Maratha navy, passed away. |
| 2/2/1978 | Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away. |
| 9/18/1941 | Arjuncharan Srimukh Sethi was born in Odang village in Balasore (now known as Bhadrak) in Orissa. |
| 10/2/1993 | Prime Minister's employment project started in urban areas. |
| 2/9/1991 | India holds the last decennial census of the century. |
| 6/6/1969 | Sunil Bandacharya Joshi, cricketer (Indian Test left-arm spinner 1996), was born in Gadag. |
| 7/15/1936 | Hridayanand 'Kumaresh' Tiwari, great Hindi poet and writer, was born in Reoti, U.P. |
| 6/19/1991 | Sudhakar Rao Naik (Cong-I) sworn in as the Maharashtra CM. |
| 5/18/1995 | Criminal Law (Amendment Bill, 1995) introduced in Parliament to replace the 10-year-old controversial TADA Act. |
| 4/15/1992 | D. T. Lakdawala, former member of Planning Commission, passed away. |
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