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Historical Event on 6/11/1991

Over 106.6 million voters go to the second phase of national polls.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1994Five ministers resign from the Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa.
8/12/1946Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government.
10/28/1997Dr. V. Doreswamy Iyengar (77), Veena maestro, household name among Carnatic music lovers, passed away in Bangalore.
6/25/1888Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born.
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
12/30/1946Jawaharlal Nehru calls on Gandhiji, who says, ""My reason wholly supports my heart"".
7/27/1994Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses.
5/31/1987Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
6/1/1930Baba Adhav was born.
8/20/1955Jawaharlal Nehru breaks off relations with the Portuguese after the invasion of Goa by Indian nationalists.