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Historical Event on 12/1/1990

Vijayalaxmi Pandit, first Indian Lady Ambassador and Politician, passed away at the age of 90 years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/14/1993New governors for MP, Bihar, West Bengal & Tripura.
10/11/1902Loknayak Jayprakash Harsudayal Narayan, veteran socialist leader, was born at Sitabdiara village (border of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) in Bihar. He was awarded Bharat Ratna on Dec. 23, 1998 and played a key role in formation of Janta Party which defeated Indian National Congress for the first time.
10/6/1808Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer, innovator, chief engineer and Inspector of Machinery at the Steam Factory at Bombay and one of the dignitaries, was born.
2/17/1994Bihar leader Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and Mizoram's Dr. C. Silvera inducted into Union Cabinet.
11/28/1990Union Cabinet approves re-induction of Airbus A-320 in the domestic sector.
11/22/1913Lakshmikant Jha, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir state and international famed ecomonist, was born.
8/29/1905Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey. India celebrates this day as National Sports Day.
3/21/1916Ustad Bismilla Khan, clarionett Master, was born at Dumraon in Bihar.
10/5/1991Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died.
12/24/1762Gopalrao defeated in the battle of Jamkhindi.