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Historical Event on 1/5/1990
Mohammad Azharuddin was made captain of Indian cricket team.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/30/1993 | Congress (I) MLA in Andhra Pradesh P. Balaraju and eight officials kidnapped by the outlawed People's War Group in Visakhapatnam district. |
| 3/1/1978 | Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India. |
| 3/1/1978 | Savtamali, famous saint, attains 'samadhee'. |
| 1/20/1939 | Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born. |
| 7/1/1997 | Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta. |
| 10/1/1867 | Dr. Hiralal, a distinguised historian, was born in Katni near Jabalpur. He compiled a descriptive catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in the Central Provinces and was an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India. He was also titled as "Rai Bahadur |
| 1/31/1997 | INS Vikrant, Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier, de-commissioned. |
| 6/18/1978 | The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened. |
| 11/1/1985 | Helicopter Corporation of India, later renamed Pawan Hans Limited, started functioning. |
| 3/21/1939 | Gandhi calls on world to disarm, thinks Hitler would follow. |
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