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Historical Event on 8/7/1990
Union Cabinet approves setting up of Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/12/1978 | After several state victories, Congress party-I (for Indira) is recognized as official opposition. |
| 1/7/1883 | Martyer Sohanlal Pathak was born. |
| 10/1/1932 | Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years. |
| 5/1/1966 | Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra. |
| 11/13/1953 | Richard Nixon, the US Vice President, arrives in New Delhi. |
| 7/7/1999 | M.L. Jaisimha, former Indian Test cricketer, died in Hyderabad. |
| 1/22/1989 | Madhya Pradesh CM Arjun Singh resigns on Churhat lottery case grounds. |
| 7/25/1977 | B. D. Jathi retired from the post of second acting President. |
| 11/25/1956 | Lal Bahadur Shastri, Railway Minister, resigns from the office or Railway Minitery, taking moral responsibility for Ayyapan rail disaster thus setting a rare example for politicians. |
| 3/19/1995 | Vinaychandra Maudgal, founder of Gandharva Mahavidyalay of Delhi and music expert, passed away. |
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