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Historical Event on 8/18/1991

12 LTTE militants commit suicide.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/1973Sir Ram Nath Chopra, great professor of Pharmacology of National Drug Research Institute of India, passed away.
6/25/1993Mahadevan, SBI MD, sacked in the wake of his role in the securities scam.
10/6/2000Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress chief, withdraws her resignation from the Union Cabinet of Ministers.
4/4/1991Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel JD (Gujarat)-to contest the elections with poll understanding with Congress (I).
6/12/1975Allahabad court voids Indira Gandhi's election as premier, citing corruption at New Delhi.
2/14/199813 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed.
9/28/1985The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named ""Trishna"", sailed off from Bombay. (10-1-87).
12/4/1997World Bank commits to Haryana a loan of $600 millions (about Rs. 2,350 crores) - largest single bank loan to any State.
6/21/1941Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India.
10/27/2000The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively.