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Historical Event on 11/5/1990

Janata Dal splits. The breakaway group claims support of 58 M.P.'s to elect Mr. Chandrashekhar as leader. V.P. Singh's government loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/27/1982Gandhiji's personal secretary Pyare Lal died.
3/17/1991The first Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS-IA completes three years of successful operation. (18-3-91).
9/16/1931Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan, popularly known as George Sudarshan, was born in Kottayam, Kerala. He was a physicist of world repute.
4/12/1978India's first double decker train was started between Victoria Terminus (CST) and Pune which beared the name as ""Janta Express"", which is now known under the name of Shivaji's fort as ""Singhgarh Express"".
11/12/1990Uttar Pradesh Government raises the reservation for Backward Classes in direct recruitment to State Services from 15 to 27 per cent.
1/15/1949General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.
1/1/1988On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking.
11/2/1956Express Train plunged down the Marudaiyar river embarkment killng 143 persons.
1/22/1996Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case).
9/1/1668Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England.