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Historical Event on 4/18/1970

Dr. Dharmendra of the Indian Council of Medical Research awarded the Damien-Duttan Award for outstanding work in leprosy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1985Rajiv Gandhi joins the leaders of Greece, Sweden, Tanzania, Mexico and Argentina in a tele-conference as part of the UN ceremony at which they are honoured with the 'Beyond War' award.
3/31/1997Forex reserves touch a record $ 22.36 billions.
6/15/1991About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections.
3/31/1942During the 2nd World War, Japan was heavily successful in Burma and Andaman which posted a danger to the Indian Security.
4/29/1948Natraj Kamakshi, modern social reformer and journalist, passed away.
3/22/1902Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph.
11/1/1967Old Punjab, after first partition in 1947, was again seperated into two new states of Punjab and Haryana on linguistic basis, and Chandigarh became a Union Territory.
7/16/1954French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted.
10/11/1968Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj passed away. (Samadhee)
12/23/1995The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia.