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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 01/05/2000 | Tamil Nadu regains Subbiah Pillai Trophy one day cricket tournament. |
| 05/08/1992 | Eighth Plan outlay increased to Rs. 7,98,000 crores; Public Sector outlay goes up to 45\%. |
| 02/06/1994 | Indian Union Muslim League splits, G.M.Banatwala elected President in place of Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait. |
| 10/15/1990 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour. |
| 09/24/1995 | Kanpur University renamed as Chhatrapati Shahu University. |
| 08/19/1946 | Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded. |
| 12/31/1966 | Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta. |
| 08/23/1986 | B. G. Deshmukh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27th March, 1989. |
| 10/09/1997 | Forest brigand Veerappan kidnapped 21 persons and later released 13 tourists. He detained six people --Dr. Mythi of Indian Institute of Horticulture Research Centre, Bangalore, two drivers, pumpset attender and two photographers. |
| 08/21/1990 | Prasar Bharati Bill moved in the Lok Sabha . |
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