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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
1/20/1684Treaty between Marathas and Portuguese.
2/9/1917Homi Talyarkhan, great politician, was born.
5/15/1995PM Rao reaches New York for a week-long visit.
5/27/1968Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
1/19/1997Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad arrives in India on a 4-day visit.
10/22/1999Balayogi is elected as Speaker of the Lok Sabha for second consecutive term.
4/7/1962Umrigar slams 172* vs WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes.
8/27/1990The Cabinet Committee on political affairs decides to put a proposal before the Parliament providing five to ten per cent of Central Government jobs reserved for economically weaker sections.
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
12/20/1931Leela Nag (Leela Roy), freedom fighter and editor of Jayshri, was arrested in Bengal for her association with ""Depali Sangh"" who supported Chatgang Ammunition Plot against the Bengal Government.
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