Boston Indian Community - BostonIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

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
2/12/194614 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war.
7/12/1896Dangambarrao G. Bindu, politician and father of Hydrabad Liberation Party, was born.
1/12/1906Pandit Mahadeo Shastri Joshi, dictionary creator, was born.
8/9/1925Government Treasury from Postal Train was looted near Kakuri Station just about 22 km. away from Lucknow by the members of 'Hindustan Socialist Republican Association'.
2/22/1977Emergency and 'MISSA' laws were cancelled.
12/15/1999Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, arrives in Berlin to attend G-20 meet.
10/24/2000Hyrunnisa, suspected to be the key accused in the Kollam liquor tragedy, nabbed along with her husband and a worker in her shop in Guruvayur.
2/1/1942No.1 Squadron arrived in Burma with its Lysanders, flying tactical recce missions from Toungoo before transferring to Mingaladon with a flight deployed at Lashio.
8/16/1946Hindus and Muslims riot in Calcutta. 90 people lost their lives and other 900 were hurt. The Muslim League observed a ""Direct Action Day"" and announced its withdrawal of support from all plans.
1/18/1998Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India.