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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
6/22/1920Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52), was born in Sangor, Vidarbha.
5/2/1998The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas.
6/2/1991Dinesh Goswami, former Law Minister, passed away in a road accident in Assam.
1/28/1846British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal.
5/12/1923Meera Mukherjee, great artist, was born.
2/15/1951Stephen H. Smith, father and pioneer of Indian Aero Philately or air borne mail, passed away.
9/2/1970President V. V. Giri inaugurated, Vivekanand Rock Memorial' at Kanyakumari.
2/18/1974Daniel Moynihan, US ambassador to India, presents $2,046,700,000 cheque.
2/11/1818Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas.
5/24/1875Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan established Mohmmad Anglo Oriental School which was renamed in 1920 as 'Aligarh Muslim University'.