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Historical Event on 2/18/2000

Pandit Ravi Shankar is selected for this year's Subbarami Reddy Kalapeetham Foundation Award, a life-time achievement award, for his contribution to Indian music.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/15/1901Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games.
6/15/1990Punjab Government returned gold and other valuables seized from Golden Temple during the 1984 Blue Star operation to SGPC.
4/3/1987S.H. Vatsyayan passed away.
5/14/1657Dharmavir Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was born on Purandar fort.
9/1/1947Indian Standard Time was adopted.
9/20/1989IPKF suspends its operations against LTTE in Sri Lanka. LTTE, in turn, ceases all operations against the Indian armed forces.
11/23/1991India decides to upgrade its ties with the Soviet Republics.
8/13/1993All the TDP MLAs suspended from Andhra Pradesh Assembly.
1/15/1998Binda Prasad Kashyap, 73, CPI leader, passed away in Nagpur.
4/20/1965First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest.