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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
6/1/1996Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, former President of India, passed away.
10/30/1999The Central Ministerial team led by Mr. Advani is prevented from making an on-the-spot assessment of the havoc wrecked by the super cyclone.
2/24/1867Kedarnath Das, geat physiologist, was born.
3/13/1997Sister Nirmala Joshi, 63, is chosen to succeed Mother Teresa as the Superior-General of Missionaries of Charity.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.
1/21/2000The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president.
11/5/1956Nehru breaks silence condemning Soviets for repression in Hungary.
12/12/1955The President promulgated an ordinance providing the usage of Hindi with English for official purposes of Indian Union. B.G. Kher Commission (under article 344(I) of the Constitution) constituted. Hindi Teaching Scheme was introduced under Ministry of Home Affairs.
7/29/1901Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War.
5/23/1996Joint Opposition candidate Purno A. Sangma (Cong. MP from Meghalaya) unanimously elected Speaker of 11th Lok Sabha.