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Historical Event on 8/18/1991

12 LTTE militants commit suicide.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1991Thiruvananthapuram airport declared India's fifth International Airport.
9/26/1996Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966.
2/11/1997India and Russia agree on a package of trade and economic cooperation measures, following Foreign Minister I K Gujral's discussions in Moscow.
8/20/1979Indian premier Charan Singh resigns.
11/2/1967Ministry of Education evolves a National Service Scheme for University students.
1/8/2000Abhin Shyam Gupta and B.R. Meenakshi win the NSCI Grand Prix all India badminton tournament in Mumbai.
2/18/1665The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England.
1/16/1999Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta.
4/30/1908Khudiram Bose along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to throw a bomb at a carriage supposed to be carrying the tyrannical magistrate Kingsford. Unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death.
7/19/1952India all out 82 in 2nd innings after making 52 runs earlier in the day.