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Historical Event on 7/18/1946
U.K. Parliament approves British Cabinet mission report on India but Churchill says that the mission went too far in offering India independence outside of the Commonwealth.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/18/1946 | Malik Kafur, Alauddin Khilji's Commander, won the impregnable fort of Devgiri. The fort was entered by the enemy. Raja Ramdeva was taken prisoner and sent to Delhi where Alauddin recieved him untill his death in 1312. |
| 8/15/1997 | Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500. |
| 7/20/1969 | M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India. |
| 7/31/1964 | Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC retired from the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 8/27/1990 | The Cabinet Committee on political affairs decides to put a proposal before the Parliament providing five to ten per cent of Central Government jobs reserved for economically weaker sections. |
| 1/14/1641 | United East Indian Company conquers city of Malakka, 7,000 killed. |
| 7/1/1962 | Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, died at Allahabad. |
| 8/18/1991 | 12 LTTE militants commit suicide. |
| 6/9/1986 | First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai. |
| 11/7/1995 | G-15 summit concludes calling for South-South cooperation and reduction of trade barriers, tariffs among the member countries, stability of interest and exchange rates. |
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