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Historical Event on 2/18/1998

C. Subramaniam, former Maharashtra Governor, is awarded Bharat Ratna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1969Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.
4/13/1999D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district.
2/14/1929Devendra Lal was born in Varanasi. He made extensive studies of meteorites of Lunar rocks brought by the Apollo and Luna Missions and of material from the Ocean bed. He also evolved techniques to understand post events in the solar system from cosmic ray ""Signatures"". One of his most significant findings is that the intensity of cosmic rays during the last few million years has been the same as it is today. He was a geophysicist associated with the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
3/31/1992Delhi beat Tamil Nadu in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
2/9/1917Homi Talyarkhan, great politician, was born.
1/26/2001Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar.
1/6/1947All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country.
1/23/1997Statue of Subhash Bose unveiled inside Parliament House.
2/1/1785Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time.
11/17/1991Sharad Pawar wins in Baramati.