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Historical Event on 4/18/1970
Dr. Dharmendra of the Indian Council of Medical Research awarded the Damien-Duttan Award for outstanding work in leprosy.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/16/1914 | N. E. Balram, communist leader, died. |
| 9/6/1995 | Salil Chaudhary, famous music director in Hindi film industry, passed away. |
| 3/5/1997 | Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka. |
| 5/25/1915 | Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad. |
| 3/16/1910 | Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi sr, England & India), was born in Pataudi, Punjab. |
| 5/6/1775 | Nanda Kumar, king of Calcutta, was arrested. |
| 1/11/1996 | Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi. |
| 10/5/1991 | Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died. |
| 6/13/1996 | Ramakrishna Hegde, JD leader and former Karnataka CM, expelled from the party for 6 years by JD president Laloo Prasad Yadav for anti-party activities. |
| 1/9/1994 | Indian diplomats and staff members evacuated from war-ravaged Kabul. |
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