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Historical Event on 9/18/1997

President K.R. Narayanan inaugurates Mammen Mappillai Hall at Kottayam, Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/17/1883Vasudeo Balvant Phadke, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away in prison at Aden.
9/24/1997E. S. Venkataramiah (72), former Chief Justice of India, died in Bangalore.
2/8/1948Indian govt. bans Muslim groups 'Khaksars' and 'League National Guard'.
11/22/1873Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born.
9/12/1974. C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07.
9/3/1999Brigadier V. K. Chopra is appointed as the new head of the 121 (1) infantry brigade in Kargil.
11/10/1990Two Burmese youth hijack a Thai Airlines Airbus with 221 passengers on board to Calcutta.
1/30/1785Sir Charles Metkaff, governor general of East India Company, was born.
1/27/1995Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal open at Kochi port.
4/22/1998India and Bangladesh resolve to work together to ''root out terrorism'', push bilateral trade and harness river waters of the region.