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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.

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8/25/199710,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265.
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3/31/1996Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu in first innings to win Ranji Trophy.
7/1/1902K. S. Ranjit Singh ""Ranji"" scored 230 runs as the captain and Newham (153). They added 344 runs for 7th wkt at Sussex vs Essex.
3/30/1992Satyajit Ray received the honorary Oscar award..
1/5/1995Jitendra Prasad succeeds N.D. Tiwari as UPCC-I chief.
2/16/1986The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails.
9/20/1933Annie Besant, veteran freedom fighter for India, died.
5/17/1916Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore.
7/4/1997Mumbai High Court directs BMC to reinstate G.R. Khairnar, the iconoclastic Dy. Municipal Commissioner suspended in `94 and removed from service in October 1996.