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Historical Event on 8/18/1969

Humayun Kabir, great politician, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1968Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.
5/18/1998India may take the US to WTO.
8/1/1953All Private Airlines were nationalised by establishing of All Airlines India International.
12/15/1976Daily newspaper ""Lokmat"" published it's first Jalgaon edit
11/7/1933Gaandhiji commences Harijan-upliftment tour.
8/26/1984An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.
4/2/1991Haryana Governor recommends President's rule.
3/17/1999An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.
6/23/1975Prannath Thapar, former Chief of Army, died.
2/27/1987UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding.