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Historical Event on 6/18/1997

Prakash Padukone launches IBC.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/13/1991Supreme Court orders establishment of an all-India judicial service.
4/9/1994C. Rajeshwara Rao, 80, former General Secretary of Communist Party of India, passed away in Hyderabad.
6/3/1972First British designed Indian built mordern warship of the Leander class, 'INS Nilgiri' commissioned Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was completely made in Mazgaon Dock, Mumbai.
10/23/1973Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died.
12/5/1898Josh Malihabadi, famous Urdu poet, was born.
1/2/1994Landslide win for GNLF in the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections.
3/11/1997Sadhana Mukherjee, a sex-worker from Calcutta, represents India at the first international conference on prostitution beginning in Los Angeles.
5/14/1994LTTE banned for the second time under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
3/22/1963World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways.
6/24/1966Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die.