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Historical Event on 6/18/1989

India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1981Central Government offers full statehood to Mizoram.
1/23/1961Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films.
1/23/1961Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India.
3/1/1818Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom.
5/17/1897Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born.
9/13/1906Surendra Kumar Dey, social reformer and politician, was born at Sylhet (Bangladesh).
10/29/2000Jitendra Prasada, senior Congress leader, files nomination papers for the party presidential polls setting the stage for a contest against the incumbent, Ms. Sonia Gandhi.
2/7/1992Shalki', the first submarine designed in India, joined Indian Navy.
3/18/1997Indo-Bangladesh friendship treaty, signed 25 years ago, expires.
11/13/1970Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed.