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Historical Event on 6/18/1997
E.K. Nayanar, Kerala Chief Minister, meets Pope John Paul II in Vatican.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/31/1921 | Suresh Hariprasad Joshi, modern Gujarati poet, story writer and critic, was born. |
1/16/1948 | Pakistan charges India with systematic campaign to wipe out Muslims. |
9/9/1997 | G. K. Moopanar, Tamil Maanila Congress president, and his party colleagues Jayanthi Natarajan, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, and Peter Alphonse, resign from Rajya Sabha membership following a petition filed by Shiv Sena member Sanjay Nirupam seeking their disqualification 'for defecting from Congress(I)'. |
8/20/1995 | 305 killed and 345 injured in collision between Purushottam Express and Kalindi Express at Murlinagar near Firozabad (UP). |
5/22/1992 | India launches its 'Agni' rocket. |
10/31/1984 | Rajiv Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister of India by Gyani Zail Singh, President of India, at New Delhi. He held this office till December 1, 1989. |
10/22/1796 | Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace. |
2/28/1900 | Kondedera Madappa Kariappa, first General of independent India, was born. |
1/30/1996 | Mob ransacks Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Bangalore. |
12/22/1940 | Manvendranath Rai established the Radical Democratic Party. |
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