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Historical Event on 6/18/1991

Congress emerges as the largest party in Lok Sabha polls though short of an absolute majority.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/26/1996The 3-day old Hazratbal shrine crisis ends, as the militants holed up in the shrine come out of it.
8/15/1979Tukoji Holkar, a leader of Peshwa kingdom, dies.
4/1/1869Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation.
4/3/1984Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7.
1/10/1955The Auxiliary Air Force squadrons were equipped with the HAL-designed HT-2 trainer - officially introduced into service.
12/14/199410 IAF personnel of the first batch were reinducted and the last batch left on 20th Dec 94. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion.
4/20/1887Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born.
8/9/1925Government Treasury from Postal Train was looted near Kakuri Station just about 22 km. away from Lucknow by the members of 'Hindustan Socialist Republican Association'.
10/5/1989Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).
5/2/1992President J.B.Patnaik, former Orissa CM and PCC (I), arrested on corruption charges.