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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.

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9/19/1962	Jawaharlal Nehru was devastated when China began attacks on India's northern frontier leading to Indo-China War.
1/1/1877	Queen Victoria was proclaimed as 'The Empress of India' in Delhi Darbar.
8/29/1994	Tusharkanti Ghosh, world famous Indian journalist, passed away.
6/11/2000	Assailants gun down 12 upper caste persons, including eight of a family in Bihar's Nawada district.
11/29/1996	Shaleem I. Shervani, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and President, ICMR Governing Body, was the Chief Guest at the concluding ceremony of the year long celebrations of the 85th year of ICMR at New Delhi. He released a special issue of the ICMR Bulletin on this occasion and presented momentos to the former Additional Directors-General and Directors-General of the ICMR.
5/22/1996	Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
3/20/1992	Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the 'Bharat Ratna' Award at Calcutta.
3/18/1972	First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi.
1/15/1997	Pakistan's pilotless surveillance aircraft intrudes into Indian air space for the first time.
1/11/1955	Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.

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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.

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.