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Historical Event on 1/18/1947

Kundanlal Saigal, famous film star and unique singer, died at Jalandhar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/28/1981Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta.
12/29/1975D.K. Barooah elected Congress President.
10/23/1883Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat.
11/11/1994The Supreme Court stays Karnataka Reservation Act.
8/1/1958Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership given to Acharya Bhave.
12/17/1998Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category.
8/7/1905The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta.
10/20/1999Quiet start to the 13th Lok Sabha.
6/15/1947All-India Congress accepts British plan for partition of India in New Delhi.
10/29/1947Mysore's popular ministry sworn in.