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Historical Event on 5/19/1991

About 20 crore voters go to the polls in the first phase of election in 204 constituencies of the 10th Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/23/2000Ram Jethmalani, Union Law Minister, quits the Cabinet after the Prime Minister shows him the door following the outbursts against the Chief Justice of India, Dr. A. S. Anand.
3/21/1976The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government.
3/21/1921Indian National Congress decided it's Flag.
2/1/1986Pope John Paul II arrives in New Delhi for a 10-day visit.
9/25/2000A Delhi Court dismisses applications of three of the 17 accused seeking dropping of proceedings against them in the sensational Coomar Narain espionage case which hit the headlines and rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1985.
7/31/1658Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor.
2/14/1881Rajendra Lal Dutta and M.M.Basu established the first Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital in Calcutta.
7/2/1905Shantiswaroop Dhavan, former Governor of West Bengal, was born.
6/6/1903Hiralal Sen shot the first Indian Advertisment sequences for Jabakusum (hair tonic) and Edward's Tonic.
5/1/1992Seperate secretariat was established for primary education.