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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
6/4/1987A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India.
10/17/1915Virendra Kumar Jain, great Hindi writer, was born in Mandsaur.
1/3/1831Savitribai Phule, famous social worker, was born at Naigaon in Satara district, Maharashtra.
10/30/1947The first Spitfires from the Advanced Flying School at Ambala reached Srinagar and were soon engaged in strafing the raiders beyond Pattan. Within a week, the Tempests of No. 7 Squadron were playing a decisive role in the battle of Shelatang which halted the forward momentum of the insurgents.
12/12/1964Maithili Sharan Gupta, famous Indian poet, Hindi litterateur, writer, social worker, patriot and Padma Bhushan awardee, died.
1/11/1994Shankarrao Savekar, veteran cameraman of film industry, passed away.
1/18/2000India and the US resume talks to narrow their differences on the CTBT.
11/21/1899Harekrushna Mahtab, freedom fighter, politician, industrialist and writer, was born at Agarpara district Balasore, Orissa.
3/25/1987Marxist-led alliance gets majority in Kerala and West Bengal elections .
4/20/1971Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.