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Historical Event on 2/18/1997
Dhaniram Baruah, controversial heart surgeon who claimed to have transplanted a pig's heart into one of his patients, released on bail in Guwahati.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/3/1995 | Ram Jethmalani (lawyer and MP) launches a new party, Bharatiya Lok Panchayat, to rid the country of its evils. |
| 4/1/1995 | Open General Licence (OGL) list expanded from 43 to 75 as import of consumer goods liberalised. |
| 8/16/1991 | Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard. |
| 1/22/1996 | Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case). |
| 9/26/1793 | Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist and social worker, was born in Kona village, 24 Parganas (north), West Bengal. |
| 3/30/1990 | Constitution (64th) Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab collapses in Lok Sabha. |
| 4/27/1918 | Gandhiji attends Viceroy's War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for army. |
| 2/24/1946 | Mrs. Kashibai and Mrs. Babbai Lakshman, freedom fighters, were shot dead by the police. |
| 1/21/1956 | Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries. |
| 1/14/1761 | The third and last battle of Panipat, fought between the Marathas and the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abadli, started. The Marathas lost 28,000 soldiers and were virtually routed in North India thus ending the Maratha hegemony. |
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