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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
1/1/1909Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46), was born in Bombay.
12/27/1797Mirza Ghalib, great urdu poet and writer, was born at Agra.
1/24/1857Calcutta University established.
7/10/1971Kochin University was established in Kerala.
6/17/1913Waman Vasudev Chitle (Bal Chitle), Marathi story writer and editor, was born.
10/25/1990JD and BJP withdrew support to Rajasthan and Gujarat governments respectively.
8/9/1996Sachin Tendulkar, 23, chosen India's cricket captain.
10/18/1996Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi to be the venue for the trial of former PM Rao.
7/18/1993Rail, road traffic disrupted.
10/15/1997Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things'