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Historical Event on 1/1/1991
Bhanu Pratap Singh, Karnataka Governor, resigns. Goa governor Khurshid Alam Khan appointed in his place.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/21/1883 | Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta. |
| 7/12/1920 | Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 10/2/1906 | Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour. |
| 7/4/1995 | Rajan Pillai, business tycoon and biscuit king of India, who was convicted by a Singapore court for multi-million dollar fraud, was arrested in New Delhi. |
| 9/5/1998 | Trishul and Akash test fired from Chandipore. |
| 1/15/2000 | Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan. |
| 7/28/1909 | Brahmanand Reddi Kasu, politician, was born at Madras. |
| 1/12/1993 | Police firing at 15 places in Bombay; four foreign militants arrested. |
| 9/4/1990 | An all-party meeting refuses to endorse the decision to implement Mandal Commission Report according to which 27\% jobs are reserved for backward communities. |
| 11/13/1998 | Tendulkar blazes as India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah beating Zimbabwe in the final. |
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