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Historical Event on 2/18/1941

There was a minor revolt in Royal Indian Navy which in now known as Indian Navy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/12/1960783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi.
4/16/1997G. Kishenchand, former Indian Test cricketer, died.
11/2/1972ICMR set up a chain of regional centres of National Nutrition Monitoring and 500 Indians seize Washington Bureaux in different parts of India.
2/15/1924Shankarrao Bajirao Patil, great leader of Maharashtra, was born.
2/3/1998The BJP releases its election manifesto promising to make India a nuclear state; build a Ram temple at Ayodha and work for a uniform civil code.
6/14/1985M.C. Sharma was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 10-12-1985.
4/1/1987Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution.
2/24/1867Kedarnath Das, geat physiologist, was born.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
11/5/1930Arjun Singh, leader of Madhya Pradesh, was born.