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Historical Event on 6/18/1943
British Field Marshal Archibald Wavell becomes Viceroy of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/20/1967 | First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station. |
| 11/26/1949 | Constitution of India was adopted |
| 5/13/1991 | P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail. |
| 9/11/1875 | Koyaji Jahangir Kuwanrji, famous economist, was born. |
| 12/28/1885 | Allian Octavian Hume, a Scotsman, founded National Union and it held its first meeting in Bombay Tejpal Hall. The first session of Indian National Congress started under the Presidentship of Vyomesh Chandra Banerjee. |
| 11/14/2000 | Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office. |
| 12/10/1936 | Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI. |
| 11/7/1995 | India opens second consulate in UK in Glasgow (first being at Birmingham). |
| 5/24/1903 | Hemchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali poet, passed away. |
| 7/6/1999 | The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault. |
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