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Historical Event on 6/18/1988

V.P.Singh defeats Congress rival Sunil Shastri in Allahabad Lok Sabha election.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/18/1727Maharaja Jai Singh-II of Amber laid the stone of Jaipur City. Vidyadhar Chakravarty of Bengal was the architect of the first planned city in India.
6/18/1943British Field Marshal Archibald Wavell becomes Viceroy of India.
7/29/1997India to revive 'Agni' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile programme.
8/2/1891Padmashree V. P. Karmarkar (Nanasaheb), famous sculptor, was born.
7/18/1993Girilal Jain, 71, The Times of India editor, died.
9/18/1615Thomas Roe presented himself at Jahangir's court in Ajmer. He left India on February 17, 1618.
6/16/1946C. Rajagopalchari became the Governor of West Bengal (1947) in Interim Government.
4/2/1980Raj Narain expelled from Lok Dal forms Janata (S) Party.
2/16/1992Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated.
11/18/1997US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in New Delhi. Ms. Albright said she raised the 'all-important issue of terrorism' with Pakistan's top leadership.