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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
1/16/1996Supreme Court says trial courts should hold trial of rape cases in camera.
3/9/1990Darbara Singh, former Punjab Chief Minister, died.
10/24/1990BJP-sponsored 'Bharat Bandh' in protest against L. K. Advani's arrest evokeed mixed response.
6/22/1940Netaji Subhashchandra Bose established the 'Forward Block' after differences with Congress leaders.
5/22/1772Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician and founder of Brahmo Samaj, was born at Radhanagar in Hooghly district, Bengal.
1/14/1990India and Maldives scrap visas.
6/26/1992The Tin Bigha corridor leased to Bangladesh as per the Indo-Bangladesh agreement.
12/13/2000The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate.
10/26/1930Dr. Waldemar Modecal Haffkine, famous scientist, bacteriologist and professor, died in Paris. He had invented the Cholera vaccine in 1893 and a vaccine for Plague in 1897 at the Grant Medical College, Bombay.
3/22/1942Both Congress and Muslim League refused Cripps Mission offer. Congress adopts Quit India Resolution. Cripps Commission came to India which was preceded by Sir Stephard Crips to find out a political formula for transfer of power to Indians.