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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
1/18/1982Six thousand labor activists arrested in two days and national strike called in New Delhi.
3/9/199314 bus passengers burnt to death in Andhra .
7/14/1997Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots.
2/14/1990An Indian Airlines Airbus crashes at Bangalore killing 92 people.
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics.
4/16/1974Dr. Sarvapalli Radhanakrishnan, former President of India, Philosophist and litterateur, passed away.
3/2/1938Chandrakumar Agarwala, assamia poet, passed away.
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
5/19/1982Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.
11/27/1999Lt. Gen. J.F.R. Jacob is sworn in Punjab Governor.