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Historical Event on 4/5/1990

Mrs.Sheela Flather, an Indian national, becomes the first Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1993Sharad Pawar nominated CM of Maharashtra.
3/1/1924Naresh Mehta was born.
4/30/1977Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed.
1/16/1995India and USA form new trade framework called Indo-US Commercial Alliance and signs contracts worth $ 1.4 b.
4/26/1762Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur.
6/28/1972Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945.
10/29/1999L .K. Advani, Home Minister, says the Centre is in touch with cyclone-hit states.
9/11/1956The PM announced in the Lok Sabha the conclusion of the Netaji Inquiry Committee that Netaji did die in an air-crash.
2/11/1933First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi.
1/21/1969First India built electronic digital computer commissioned.