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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 |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 12/3/1989 | Mulayam Singh Yadav named UP CM. |
| 1/12/1997 | Paes-Bhupathi win doubles title in the Singapore Open Challenger hardcourt tennis. |
| 6/30/1968 | Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous journalist and litterateur, passed away. |
| 11/19/1962 | Nehru asks more US aid as China drives into India in New Delhi. |
| 10/11/1941 | Amitabh Bachchan, famous film actor, was born. |
| 12/11/1971 | The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent. |
| 2/15/1976 | The Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (CIAE) was established at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi. |
| 10/26/1934 | Akhil Bharatiya Gramin Udyog Sangh (All India Small Scale Industries Association) was founded and inaugrated by Mahatma Gandhi. |
| 3/13/1938 | Hitler merged Austria in Germany. |
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