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Historical Event on 8/18/1991
12 LTTE militants commit suicide.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/15/1975 | Janata Party's `People's March' to Parliament. |
| 12/11/1872 | Rajkhova Benudhar, modern Assamese poet, was born. |
| 10/22/1913 | Harumal Sadarangani, famous Sindhi writer, was born at Sind, Pakistan. |
| 7/14/1928 | Bedabrata Barua, educationist, social reformer and politician, was born. |
| 3/1/1998 | Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda. |
| 1/18/1995 | Kumble takes 16-99 in a match for Karnataka vs Kerala. |
| 12/4/1924 | Gateway of India was inagurated by Lord Riding. |
| 1/29/1953 | Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kaka Saheb"" was appointed as the Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission. |
| 6/13/1965 | Maninder Singh Harbansingh Billa, cricketer (Indian leftarm spinner in 35 Tests 1982-93), was born in Pune. |
| 2/8/1881 | Faiyaj Khan, famous Indian classical singer, was born. |
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