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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
5/14/1999Gurucharan Singh Tohra is expelled from Shiromani Akali Dal.
9/26/1904R. V. Jagirdar, famous Kannad play writer, was born.
12/15/1995Rajya Sabha approves extension of President's rule in J & K for a further period of 6 months and also passes Government resolution approving imposition of President's rule in UP.
9/19/2000Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.
10/3/1997Devi Lal floats a new party 'Haryana Lok Dal'.
9/18/1867Ganganendranath Tagore, great painter, patriot and artist, was born in Calcutta.
8/9/1942Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore.
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.
9/19/1990Rajeev Goswami, a student of Delhi University, attempts to self immolate himself in protest against the implementation of Mandal Commission Report.
12/20/1957Kalinga Prize for 1957 awarded to Lord Bertrand Russell.