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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 |
| 5/16/1945 | Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away. |
| 2/28/1987 | The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event). |
| 8/2/1987 | Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title. |
| 4/5/1614 | Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. |
| 4/29/1998 | The Reserve Bank reduces the bank rate by one point from 10 per cent in its monetary and credit policy for the first half of 1998- 99. |
| 4/30/1992 | Over 7 years after the gas disaster, a Bhopal court orders attachment of Carbide properties in India. |
| 11/18/1936 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician, prolific writer and leader, died. |
| 3/1/1908 | A.E.T. Barrow, educationist, was born. |
| 12/21/1990 | Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively. |
| 9/10/1980 | Mangalore University established. |
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