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Historical Event on 6/18/1956

New Hindu Succession Act was passed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/28/1973India and Pakistan signed P.O.W Accord paving way for release of 90,000 Pakistanis.
10/6/1963Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died.
10/28/1998The 1997 B.C. Roy National Award was presented to 18 medical experts.
4/3/1670Tanaji Malusure, right hand of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, passed away during the battle of Singhgad fort.
12/5/1872Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar.
5/18/1985Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain.
12/22/1887Srinivas Ramanujam, India's greatest mathematician, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu.
3/22/1906Bhagwant Bhikaji Samant, educationalist, was born.
10/2/1986Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat.
6/9/1992LDF wrests Narakal while the UDF retains the Tanur assembly seat in Kerala.