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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
4/11/1993Laxmanrao Madhav Bhide, senior freedom fighter and history expert, passed away.
10/17/1979Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.
10/31/2000The Income Tax Department 'indicts' five cricketers - Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Nikhil Chopra and Ajay Sharma - for tax evasion and concealment of income earned through ""dubious sources'
3/31/1935374 infants wed at a mass ceremony.
8/3/1996Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years.
10/18/1952Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wickets to win first Indo-Pak clash.
9/25/1947Kashmir accedes to Indian Union.
7/17/1997K.R. Narayanan,Vice President, wins in the Presidential election with a record margin to become the next head of state.
10/19/1954Nehru and Mao meet in Peking.
12/3/1989Mulayam Singh Yadav named UP CM.