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Important events of history that took place in India and elsewhere on today’s date.

18 July

🇮🇳 In India

1857 The University of Mumbai (known earlier as University of Bombay), one of the oldest and premier Universities in India, was established.

1927 Mehdi Hassan, one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of ghazal singing, was born.

1947 The Indian Independence Act, an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that partitioned British India into the two new independent dominions of India and Pakistan, received Royal Assent.

1980 Rohini-1 satellite built entirely in India, placed in the Earth's orbit.

🌎 Elsewhere

0064 A great fire, which raged on for six days and ultimately destroyed most of Rome, began.

1817 The English novelist Jane Austen died in Winchester, Hampshire, at age 41.

1918 Nelson Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, was born.

1925 The first volume of Mein Kampf, the political manifesto written by Adolf Hitler, was published.

1976 Nadia Comăneci of Romania became the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event.

⭐ Significance

Nelson Mandela International Day is an annual international day in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each year on 18 July, Mandela's birthday. The day was officially declared by the United Nations in November 2009, with the first UN Mandela Day held on 18 July 2010.

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