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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
7/27/1992Amjad Khan, famous film actor, died.
9/12/1779Garibdas, follower of Saint Kabir and founder of 'Garib Panth', died.
3/20/1920Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts.
4/5/1944221 Advance Base Depots laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks and succeeded in safe evacuation of Ordnance stores to an alternate site.
10/13/1877Bhulabhai Desai, politician, was born.
3/12/1992The four-member break-away group of Telugu Desam recognised by Lok Sabha speaker.
2/25/1993BJP rally in New Delhi foiled.
1/10/199728th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum.
12/7/1856First Hindu widow married officially.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.