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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
3/9/1993AIADMK severs alliance with the Congress in Tamil Nadu.
1/7/1928Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born.
11/6/1998Koneru Humpy wins the World under-12 girls' chess title in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Azharuddin becomes the highest run-getter (displacing Desmond Haynes, 8648 runs) in LOI history in the Coca Cola cup, Sharjah.
8/28/1994Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.
5/20/1850Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern story writing in Marathi, was born.
4/16/1997Govt. orders foreign and domestic airlines to install air safety systems by the end of 1998. Aircraft with more than 30 seats that do not have Airborne Collision Avoidance System and transponders not to be allowed into Indian airpace from 1/1/99.
12/4/1924Gateway of India was inagurated by Lord Riding.
6/17/1674Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
10/26/1952Pakistan's first Test cricket win vs India. Fazal Mahmood took 12 wkts .
3/28/1999Pakistan decides to ease visa restrictions for the aged, women and children from India in response to New Delhi's move towards visa relaxation for several categories of Pakistani nationals.