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Historical Event on 6/18/1943

British Field Marshal Archibald Wavell becomes Viceroy of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1943Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat.
10/17/1999Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang.
9/12/1912T. A. Ramachandran, cricket Test Umpire of one test during 1948-49, was born in Tamil Nadu.
12/23/1913Gondhavalekar Maharaj, famous saint, died.
5/1/1977Janata Party was established.
11/21/1961Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef
2/11/1818Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas.
12/7/1993Lalthanhwala sworn in CM of Mizoram.
3/29/1996SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari).
11/8/1997India lifts Asia Cup tennis title in Delhi.