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Historical Event on 6/15/1991

General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
6/20/1948Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union.
1/11/1994Shankarrao Savekar, veteran cameraman of film industry, passed away.
5/5/1955Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce.
8/20/1917Declaration of historic 'Mongegue'.
11/14/1993Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away.
12/8/1999Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999.
4/4/1990MI-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35, thus becoming a dedicated Attack Helicopter unit of the IAF.
12/17/1877Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi.
1/24/1950Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India.