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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
1/5/1974Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died.
8/25/1960Olympics opened at Rome.
10/17/1990S. Bangarappa sworn in as CM of Karnataka following revocation of President's rule.
12/4/1992RBI devalues Rupee by 1.18% against the US dollar. India emerges overall champions with 10 golds; 8 silver and 14 bronzes in the 4th Asian Junior Athletic meet in New Delhi.
1/8/1908Gandhiji asks the Government for suspension of Registration Act, offers voluntary registration.
6/23/1757The Battle of Plassey started between Robert Clive, incharge of British army, and Nawab of Bengal, Siraj -Ud -Daula. In this battle Robert Clive won control of Bengal.
9/14/1992The government allows foreign investors to enter the Indian capital market; incentives offered.
4/26/1762Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur.
3/19/1944Azad Hind Fauj hoisted the National Flag for the first time in North East India. On this event Bimal Roy produced the film 'Pehla Aadmi'.
10/5/1991Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years.