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Historical Event on 6/18/1956

New Hindu Succession Act was passed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/2/1987Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship.
12/1/1951Abanindra Nath Tagore, famous Indian painter and sculptor, died in Calcutta.
11/2/1992Nine Maharashtra ministers resign.
4/8/1919Gandhiji arrested on way to Delhi for refusal to comply with order not to enter Punjab; escorted back to Bombay; outbreaks of violence in several towns.
9/20/1996Arunachal Chief Minister Apang resigns and forms new party Arunachal Congress.
10/3/1999India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore.
4/13/1772Warren Hastings, who became the president of their Bengal Council, was appointed in the court of Directors of the East India Company.
12/23/1919King's proclamation was made that the new reforms of Government of India offer some sort of self government.
7/15/1903Kumaraswamy Kamraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, was born in a trading family at Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu.
4/26/1929British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India.