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Historical Event on 8/18/1991

12 LTTE militants commit suicide.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, visits cyclone-hit areas.
6/2/1993Kurla-Kochi Express rams into goods train near Jolarpet in which 22 were killed and 100 injured.
9/8/1962Chinese army infiltrated in the north-east border of India exceeding the Mac-Mahon line (Tibet-India boundary). This was the first ocassion of Chinese infiltration.
11/22/1991Supreme Court declares Karnataka's ordinance on Cauvery water dispute as unconstitutional.
7/8/1958Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857.
1/7/1997Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting.
5/8/1963Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder.
7/10/1992Dr. Najma Heptulla re-elected Dy. Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
11/1/2000Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister for Sports, releases the CBI report on match-fixing in New Delhi.
10/20/1961B. S. Guha, famous human scientist, died.