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Historical Event on 11/18/1991
In the by-elections, Congress gets 8 Lok Sabha seats and suffers rout in UP assembly, while BJP gets absolute majority.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/17/1903 | 7th Madras Infantry was re-established as 67th Punjabi Infantary. |
| 6/13/1918 | Foundation stone was liad of Sir Kawasjee Jahangir Public Hall in Mumbai. |
| 2/1/1942 | No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers. |
| 7/22/1702 | The ""English Company of Merchants"" and the old East India Company was named the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies"". In1833, this name finally changed to East India Company. |
| 7/22/1702 | Qutubu'd-din Aibak (1206-1210) was crowned at Lahore after the death of Muhammad of Ghuri. He was originally a slave of Turkestan. As he started his career as a slave, the dynasty founded by him in India is known as ""Slave Dynasty"". The construction of Qutabminar was started during his regime. Since he was very generous, the people called him ""Lakh Baksh"". |
| 7/18/1994 | Munis Raza, famous educationist and former Chancellor of Delhi University, passed away. |
| 1/19/1905 | Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali writer and thinker, passed away. |
| 10/20/1920 | Censor Board, after examining the film 'Ahilya Uddhar' on October 20, started mentioning the number of reels as well as the length in feet on the Censor Certificate. The film had already been released earlier on August 23, 1919. |
| 6/2/1900 | Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away. |
| 3/2/1930 | Gandhiji addresses letter to Viceroy intimating his intention to break Salt Law if Congress demands are not conceded. |
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