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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 |
| 9/12/1905 | Anglo-Japanese treaty provides for Japan to help safeguard India at London. |
| 1/28/1894 | Anandibai Prabhakar Jayawant, famous Hindi writer, was born at Baroda. |
| 12/19/1984 | 2,500 killed in Bhopal gas tragedy. |
| 10/9/1992 | Sukha and Jinda, assassins of former army chief Gen. A. S. Vaidya, hanged in Pune jail. |
| 8/10/1894 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India. |
| 3/31/1972 | Meena Kumari, famous film actress, passed away. |
| 5/21/1990 | Moelvi Muhammad Farouk, great Indian spiritual leader, was murdered. |
| 12/5/1992 | Monisha, actress and winner of the 1987 'Urvasi' award for the Malayalam film 'Nakhakshathangal' died at a young age of 21 years. |
| 5/8/1725 | John Lovewell, US Indian fighter, passed away in a battle. |
| 2/6/1827 | Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, passed away at the age of 65 years. |
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