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Historical Event on 3/18/1915
British Government approved Indian Security Act to have greater control on the Indian people.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/18/1915 | ShahJahan, Mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore. |
| 5/2/1922 | Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 3/16/1966 | Judge Amal Kumar Sarkar became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 29/06/1966. |
| 8/15/1921 | Amrit Rai, novelist and translater, was born . |
| 10/30/1977 | Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country. |
| 1/26/1993 | Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest. |
| 12/12/1964 | Maithili Sharan Gupta, famous Indian poet, Hindi litterateur, writer, social worker, patriot and Padma Bhushan awardee, died. |
| 8/17/1761 | William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people. |
| 1/16/1996 | Supreme Court says trial courts should hold trial of rape cases in camera. |
| 11/1/1966 | Haryana state was created from Punjab, and Chandigarh was declared as the Union Territory and capital of both Punjab and Haryana. |
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