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Historical Event on 6/18/1997

E.K. Nayanar, Kerala Chief Minister, meets Pope John Paul II in Vatican.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/26/1904R. V. Jagirdar, famous Kannad play writer, was born.
5/22/1991Sonia unanimously elected Congress President by the Working Committee. She, however, declined the offer.
1/5/1659Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad.
6/23/1958Tamil leaders in Madras call on Nehru to lobby for better treatment of Ceylon's Tamil minority.
11/9/1960Subroto Mukherji, first Air Chief Marshall of Indian Air Force, suddenly died.
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh becomes a full-fledged 18th Indian Union state.
4/5/1979First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay.
6/10/1987Jeevan, famous Hindi film actor, died.
8/28/1994Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.
6/11/1999India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men.