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Historical Event on 4/5/1990

Mrs.Sheela Flather, an Indian national, becomes the first Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/25/1981Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress.
1/21/1994India and Myanmar decide to open border trade.
7/5/1984Indian Airlines airbus hijacked, lands in Lahore.
3/10/2000Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999.
11/5/1950Faiyaj Khan, famous singer of Indian classical music, died.
2/11/1997NHRC recommends to Central Government measures to prevent government servants from employing children below 14 as domestic servants.
12/28/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area, after the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, have sorted out the differences that held up the negotiations on it in the past.
1/19/1963Kuladhor Chaliha, one of the pioneer Congress leaders of Assam, passed away.
12/6/1997Nine persons killed and over 60 injured in bomb blasts in three trains which left Chennai. Blasts occurred in Tiruchi, Erode (Tamil Nadu) and Trissur in Kerala.
5/27/1990Om Prakash Chautala, former CM, wins Mehem by-election.