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Historical Event on 7/18/1947

Indian Independence Act, signed by King George VI, was proclaimed as Indian Freedom Act, 1947.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/1984Indian Airlines airbus hijacked, lands in Lahore.
10/27/1989The XIV-World Congress of Neurology was held in New Delhi under the auspices of the World Federation of Neurology and Neurology Society of India. (21-10-89).
6/13/2000Major General Manuel Saavedra of Uruguay appointed Chief Military observer of the U.N. Mission monitoring the LoC in Kashmir.
8/10/1855Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur court, was born.
4/18/1992Russia suspends transfer of rocket technology to India.
3/1/1996Supreme Court frees CBI from the control of PM Rao and directs that CBI would take no instruction or permission from or report to any authority personally interested in or likely to be affected by the investigation into the hawala case.
9/29/1959Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat.
4/19/1993Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle.
6/25/1992BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven.
9/25/1990L. K. Advani, BJP President, starts his Somnath Temple, Ayodhya Rath Yathra.