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Historical Event on 2/18/1975
Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (2 Tests for India, 4 wickets), passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/15/1861 | Dr. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, famous architect, engineer and a diplomat, also a Bharat Ratna awardee, was born at Chickballapur in Mysore (Karnataka) in a poor Brahmin family. |
| 11/29/1916 | Vasant Shridhar Vaidya, great industrialist, was born at Phaltan. |
| 8/1/1989 | Kirti Vrajlal Ambani,Reliance executive, held in connection with a plot to kill Bombay Dyeing Chairman Nusli Wadia. |
| 8/15/1947 | Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta. |
| 8/13/1998 | India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million. |
| 6/18/1993 | Advani takes over as party President. |
| 8/1/1996 | Madhu Dandavate is made Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission. |
| 4/24/1918 | Durgaprasad Dhar, former Vice President of Planning Commission, was born. |
| 12/31/1923 | Vishnu Dayal Jhunjhunwala, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur. |
| 5/12/1997 | Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan agree to set up joint working groups on a range of issues to be identified by Foreign Secretaries. |
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