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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
9/1/1942Rasbihari Bose established the Indian National Army.
12/20/1957Kalinga Prize for 1957 awarded to Lord Bertrand Russell.
4/10/1999Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (87), patriarch of Malayalam fiction, died at his ancestral village at Sankaramangalam in Thakazhi village.
9/21/2000J.W. Singh, suspended Mumbai High Court judge facing charges of extortion in nexus with the underworld, dismissed from judicial service.
9/4/19676.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people.
3/21/1997Geet Sethi regains Gold Flake Open billiards in Chennai.
4/11/1931Mahendranath Yeshwant Gupte, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1984-85, was born at Mumbai.
8/15/1947Brigadier Thakur Mahadeo Singh was the first Indian Commandant. He was the DSO of Indian Militery Academy.
12/4/1998Sonia Gandhi said the Congress(I) was prepared to meet the challenge of contesting a mid-term poll if it was forced on the country. But it would not take any initiative to pull down the BJP-led coalition.
8/18/2000The Supreme Court rejects a petition filed by former Navy chief Vishnu Bhagwat challenging his dismissal from service and the consequent direction stripping him of the title Admiral.