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Historical Event on 8/18/1991

12 LTTE militants commit suicide.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1858Pandita Ramabai, social reformer and philosopher, was born in the State of Mysore.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
8/9/1995India celebrated 53rd anniversary of Quit India movement.
9/30/1943Ramanand Chattopadhyay, famous author and journalist, died.
7/21/1883Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta.
3/16/1993Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people.
6/27/1967First Indian made AVRO aircraft passenger Plane HS748 handed over to Indian Airlines.
4/21/1994Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film.
12/12/1996India and Bangladesh arrive at a settlement to share Ganga water.
5/28/1966B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973.