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Historical Event on 11/18/1999

Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including its Chief Commander, are killed in a fierce encounter with Special Operations Group (SOG) in Jammu and Kashmir.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/6/1904Hariharnath Shastri, worker's leader, was born.
11/29/1989Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India.
11/5/1961Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States.
4/14/1925Harisingh Gogumal Kishanchand, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52), was born in Karachi.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
1/19/1948India and Pakistan accept U.N. mediation in New York.
4/20/1938Bhartacharya Chintamanrao Vinayak Vaidya, omnicient research scientist and expert of Marathi and English languages, passed away.
9/8/1910Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj died.
11/22/1988Baba Amte wins U.N. Human Rights Award.
8/19/1993Sharad Pawar elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council from Pune.