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Historical Event on 6/15/1991
About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/21/1956 | Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries. |
| 1/1/1903 | A vast crowd thronged the great plain outside Delhi today, waiting to hear the declaration that King Edward VII was Emperor of India. The crowd, clothed in brilliantly colored garments, was largely composed of common people who had come to the durbar to see India's princes pledge their fealty to the Emperor . The Duke of Connaught, representing King Edward, sat on the left of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, who sat on a throne surrounded by giant silver footstools. Lord Curzon spoke briefly, then read a message from the King, who expressed regret at not being present at the durbar and his wishes for ""the increasing prosperity of my Indian Empire."" Among the dignitaries in the amphi-theater were 600 veterans of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58. |
| 2/14/1959 | Nehru tells the International Conference on Planned Parenthood that Indian family planning efforts have not stopped population growth. |
| 11/22/1873 | Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born. |
| 10/21/1999 | B. R. Chopra, filmmaker, gets the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. |
| 8/4/1979 | Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay. |
| 10/30/1949 | Pramond Venkatesh Devidas Mahajan was born in Mahaboobnagar (Andhra Pradesh). |
| 2/3/1990 | Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was finally arrested in Chakradharpur forest. |
| 9/17/1954 | India outlaws bigamy. |
| 3/29/1992 | Shri Anand Rishiji Maharaj 1008 , Acharya Samrat of 'Jain Shraman Sangh', passed away. |
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