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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
1/16/1681Sambhaji was crowned as the successor of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in a function held at Raigad Fort.
3/27/1993Hari Singh from Haryana hijacks an IA plane, but surrender after 8 hours.
10/2/1944Gandhiji was presented a purse of Rs 110 lakhs (£ 8,25,000) for Kasturba Memorial on his 75th birthday.
3/25/1928S. R. Kulkarni, leader of dock workers, was born.
9/28/1964The simmering dispute of India and Pakistan between the Hindus and Muslims erupted again in Kashmir. Fighting was also reported on this day in the Indian province of Rajasthan. China, which supported Pakistan in the dispute, sent massed troops on its border.
10/28/2000The Royal Canadian Mounted police arrest two Sikhs, Ripudaman Singh Malik (53) and Ajaib Singh Bagri (51), in Vancouver in connection with the downing of Air India Boeing 747 en route from Canada to London in 1985.
3/20/1997Maharashtra (like H.P.) proposes to make carrying for aged parents mandatory.
10/14/1885Mukandi Lal, famous Hindi writer, was born in Chamoli at U.P.
7/2/1929Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died.
10/5/1991Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died.