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Historical Event on 8/18/1997
Shanvac-B, India's first genetically engineered vaccine for Hepatitis B was launched.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/7/1962 | 94 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay. |
| 10/23/1992 | UPSC decides to introduce a new essay paper for the civil services examination. |
| 4/30/1908 | Khudiram 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. |
| 2/1/1969 | Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta. |
| 4/10/1931 | Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, who worked in the region of Sahkar and Education, was born. |
| 4/10/1931 | Mughal Emperor Akbar was proclaimed as successor of Humayun at the age of tewelve years at Kalanur, Gurudaspur district, Punjab. Akbar (1542-1605), grandson of Babur, became third Mughal Emperor at the age of 13 years. He de-established Islam as state religion and declared himself impartial ruler of Hindus and Muslims. He also encouraged Art, Culture and Religious Tolerance. |
| 6/1/1970 | Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act was enforced. This act was passed in 1969. |
| 9/3/1987 | Vishwanathan Anand, 17, becomes India's first and the world's youngest Grandmaster. |
| 7/25/1995 | India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95). |
| 1/22/1945 | The Indian 7th Division captures Tilin at Burma. |
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