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Historical Event on 8/18/1969

Humayun Kabir, great politician, died.

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6/20/1995B.R. Verma was made pro-tem Speaker by Governor by invoking Article 180 (1).
8/29/1991Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service.
1/19/1907Mohammad Ali Mirza was crowned as the ""Shah-E-Iran"" in a grand function held in Royal Palace, Tehran. This coronation was performed on the precious throne ""Thakt-E-Taus"" which was made by Emperor Shahjahan, and was taken away from India during the invasion of Nadir Shah in 1738 AD.
4/19/1996AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989.
8/7/1988N. T. Ramarao elected chairman and V.P. Singh the convenor of the National Front.
8/2/1988The Supreme Court confirmed death sentence on Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh in Indira Gandhi murder case.
9/9/1850Bhartendu Harish Chander, father of modern Hindi literature, poet and dramatist, was born.
5/18/1992President R. Venkataraman reaches Beijing.
5/2/1922Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.
11/14/1997Nisha Millet sets national mark in the 100m freestyle in the national aquatics.