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Historical Event on 2/18/1997

Dhaniram Baruah, controversial heart surgeon who claimed to have transplanted a pig's heart into one of his patients, released on bail in Guwahati.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1993West Bengal Governor Dr. Nurul Hasan, 72, died.
9/27/1958Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais.
12/22/1998The National Award for the Best Technological Invention is conferred on Prof. J. R. Isaac, a computer scientist.
6/30/1999The first ever direct bus service between India and Bangladesh gets delayed due to heavy rain.
11/14/1995Supreme Court gave patients the right to drag careless doctors to Court.
6/7/2000Telecom Commission approves the free phone bonanza for all telecom employees announced by the Union Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan.
11/20/1998Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
11/11/1991Supreme Court declares the Anti-Defection Law as constitutional but holds that decisions of Presiding Officers under the law could be subjected to judicial review.
3/30/1994G-15 summit in New Delhi decides to set up a trade panel.
9/30/199724th Stock Exchange of India set up at Trivandrum.