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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
4/5/1990Mrs.Sheela Flather, an Indian national, becomes the first Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords.
3/24/1998G.M.C. Balayogi of the Telugu Desam is elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha as the candidate of the BJP-led Government.
12/31/1956Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80.
10/15/1995PM leaves for a 12-day tour of Egypt, NAM Summit at Cartagena in Columbia and 50th year United Nations celebrations at New York.
1/1/1851Publication of Marathi newspaper 'Gyanoday'.
10/4/1999Kerala High Court orders Election Commission to booth-wise counting. The EC is likely to move the Supreme Court against this order.
1/1/1979This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Child"".
3/25/19911991 census report released; India has 844 million people.
5/30/1977Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons.
11/12/1990Uttar Pradesh Government raises the reservation for Backward Classes in direct recruitment to State Services from 15 to 27 per cent.