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Historical Event on 8/18/1997

Shanvac-B, India's first genetically engineered vaccine for Hepatitis B was launched.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/26/1992The Tin Bigha corridor leased to Bangladesh as per the Indo-Bangladesh agreement.
6/12/1997Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354).
1/15/1973Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
8/29/1947A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab.
10/4/1997J & K Assembly passed the Ladakh Hill Council Bill.
3/2/1982Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna.
10/16/1896Govindas Seth, hindi litterateur and politician, was born.
7/1/1955Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India.
10/28/1996Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) spills into Western UP from Delhi.
12/31/1941Milkha Singh Govindsingh Amritsar, cricketer (brother of Kripal Singh, Indian batsman in 4 Tests), was born in Madras.