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Historical Event on 3/18/1990

Devi Lal, Deputy PM, withdraws his resignation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1919M.L. Kapoor, great industrialist, was born at Lahore.
1/11/1998C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away.
2/16/1994Nivrittibuwa Sarnaik, veteran singer of 'Jaipur Gharana', passed away.
9/25/1927Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan).
4/4/1984Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian Astronaut to go in space from Baikanaur aboard Soviet Space Craft 'Soyuz 11' and revolved around the earth.
10/11/1999Congress (I) Ministry under the leadership of Mukut Mithi is sworn-in in Arunachal Pradesh.
3/24/1987First developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40 seconds of its launching.
6/20/1873Young Men Christian Association of India was established in Calcutta.
8/28/1972General Insurance Business was nationalised.
7/20/1991Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, former Maharaja of Travancore, passed away at the age of 78 years after a brief illness. His term as the descendant of the Chera dynasty saw many progressive reforms in the field of legislation, education and many more. He was hailed as ""Ashoka the second"", and Gandhiji parised him as a ""Historical wonder"".