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Historical Event on 6/18/1997

E.K. Nayanar, Kerala Chief Minister, meets Pope John Paul II in Vatican.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1881Ashley Eden unveiled in Calcutta Town Hall the first statue of Indians Ram Nath Tagore and Dwarkanath Tagore.
1/21/1956Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries.
8/17/1998The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent.
6/13/1943Netaji Subhashchandra Bose started his journey from Germany to Tokyo by a submarine.
1/15/1958Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.
11/29/1953Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague.
4/15/1874Tryambak Sitaram Karkhanis, founder of `Maharashtra Natak Mandali', was born.
11/10/1990Chandra Shekhar Singh sworn in as 8th Prime Minister of India. He remained in this office till June 21, 1991 Devilal was sworn in as the Dy. Prime Minister.
12/14/1999India lost to Australia by 285 runs in Adelaide in the first cricket Test.
8/10/1755Narayanrao Peshwa was born.