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Historical Event on 6/18/1946

Congress Working Committee decides to accept Interim Government scheme.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/20/1965Under the leadership of Commander M. S. Kohli, Indian Trackers concurred Mount Everest. Captain A. S. Chima and Sherpa Nawang Gombu were the first to reach the summit.
2/11/1996Wills World Cup Cricket inaugurated at Calcutta.
7/7/1948Damodar Valley Corporation, first public corporation, was established.
10/21/1990Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays.
9/7/1998Swami Ranganathananda is elected the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Order.
6/14/1991Punjab was declared ""disturbed area""; army deployed.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
1/1/1995Raman Lamba & Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi.
7/29/1876Indian Science Congress Association was established in Bowbazar Street of Calcutta.
3/20/1782Colonel James Tod, author and researcher of Rajput history, was born.