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Historical Event on 6/18/1943
British Field Marshal Archibald Wavell becomes Viceroy of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1920 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindu leader, died at Bombay. |
| 1/1/1988 | On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking. |
| 9/8/1991 | Hostage ONGC engineer T.S. Raju and mediator Bipul Mahanta, an Amnesty International member, killed by ULFA in Assam. |
| 3/8/1921 | Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous film lyricist, was born. |
| 3/8/1921 | Nasiru'd-din Muhammad Shah I passed away. His son-in-law Ghiyasu'd-din Balban succeeded Nasiru'd-din Mahmud in Delhi. |
| 1/11/1986 | Union Government declares Ladakh a Scheduled Tribe area under a constitutional amendment order by the President, applying article 342 for the first time to J&K. |
| 11/13/1962 | Yezdani Gulam, great researcher, archeologist and art critic, died |
| 7/29/1994 | Opposition stalls parliament proceedings over the 'Action Taken Report' on JPC finding. |
| 1/23/1954 | Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad declares that the State of Kashmir is a part of India. |
| 1/14/1964 | Bapu Nadkarni bowled 32-27-5-0 vs England, 21 maiden overs in a row. |
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