Today’s History: Story of Chandrashekhar becoming Prime Minister; The party against which Congress came to power, became PM with the help of that

On this day in 1991, the 9th Prime Minister of the country, Chandrashekhar resigned from his post. In the elections held after the assassination of Indira Gandhi on 31 October 1984, the Congress under the leadership of Rajiv Gandhi won over 400 seats with an overwhelming majority, but the 1989 election reversed. In the noise of Bofors, the Congress, despite being the largest party, remained away from the majority. Vishwanath Pratap Singh of Janata Dal became the Prime Minister. He had the support of BJP and Left parties.

Not even a year had passed that Lal Krishna Advani, who was taking out a Rath Yatra on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid issue, was arrested by the Janata Dal Chief Minister Lalu Yadav in Bihar. After this the BJP withdrew support to the VP Singh government. The VP Singh government, which came in a minority, fell.

Chandrashekhar of his own party along with 64 MPs parted ways with the Janata Dal. He formed the Samajwadi Janata Party. Chandrashekhar became the Prime Minister with the support of the Congress against which the Janata Dal came to power. But this government also did not last long. Only three months had passed when the Congress withdrew support to the Chandrashekhar government. The Congress alleged that the government was spying on their leader Rajiv Gandhi. After coming to minority, Chandrashekhar had to resign on 6 March 1991.

After this fresh elections were held. Congress came to power once again in June 1991. PV Narasimha Rao became the Prime Minister. Chandrashekhar continued to serve as caretaker PM till June 21, 1991, before Rao was sworn in. Born in a farmer family of Ibrahimpatti village in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, Chandrashekhar was associated with the socialist movement while studying at Allahabad University.

Establishment of Real Madrid included in the world’s richest football club
On this day in 1902 a club was started in Spain. The name was Madrid. In 1920, King Alfonso joined this club. After this its name was changed to Real Madrid. Actually, in the Spanish language, rial means royal. To date, this club is one of the richest clubs in the world in terms of earnings.

March 6 is also remembered for these events that happened in the country and the world:

2016: Ronald Reagan’s wife and actress Nancy Reagan, who was President of the United States from 1981 to 1989, has died. During Ronald Reagan’s presidency, Nancy was his most trusted advisor.

2009: Fighter Plane MiG-23 made its last flight after serving the Indian Air Force for 30 years.

2003: An Algerian plane crashes in Tamarasset, killing more than 102 passengers.

1964: On this day, great boxer Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr changed his name to Muhammad Ali. This name was given to him by Elijah Mohammed, leader of the Nation of Islam.

1957: Ghana became an independent nation under the leadership of Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah.

1924: The Egyptian government uncovered the mummy of Tutankhamun, the ruler of Egypt in the 14th century. This mummy buried in the ground was discovered by British archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922.

1915: Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time in Shantiniketan. This was Gandhi’s second visit to Shantiniketan. He went here for the first time on 17 February 1915. He had not met Tagore then. Between 1915 and 1945, Gandhi went to Shantiniketan 8 times.

1775: The Treaty of Surat was signed between Raghunath Rao and the British.

1508: Humayun, who was a Mughal ruler, was born in Kabul.