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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
10/6/1997Abhijit Kunte wins Asian Junior Chess title.
9/8/1993Andhra cabinet reshuffled by dropping four legislators and bringing in 16 new faces.
3/24/1977Ban on RSS and 26 other organisations lifted.
12/7/1825First Steam Engine Ship ""Enterprise"" reached Calcutta.
2/2/1978Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away.
12/4/1973Mohan Rakesh, famous modern Hindi dramatist, novelist and story writer, passed away.
8/23/1989Pandit Krishnarao Shankarrao, great singer of 'Gwalher Gharana', passed away.
3/13/1971Fifth General Election of India ends.
7/2/1997Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.
6/15/1966U.S. resumes full economic aid to India and Pakistan.