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Historical Event on 6/18/1992

Congress (I) chooses Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma as Presidential candidate.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1992Mughals, under the leadership of Akbar, defeated Hindu ruler Hemu in the second battle of Panipat.
6/25/1992BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
8/19/1903Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born.
11/15/1913Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)
4/17/1997Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died.
12/25/1771Shah Alam II sat on the Throne of Dehli. Marathas captured Delhi and induced Shah Alam to return to Delhi after an absence of 18 years from the captial.
8/25/1960Olympics opened at Rome.
1/1/1972Indian states abolished the previous rulers of Privy purses and privileges.
2/14/1994V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down.