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Historical Event on 3/1/1990

BJP swept to power in Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, shares power with JD in Gujarat and Rajasthan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1976Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation.
6/12/1947Gandhiji addresses Congress Working Committee.
5/2/1998The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas.
5/1/1948Baroda State merged into Bombay Province.
1/8/1925Mohan Rakesh, veteran Hindi playright, was born. His noted books are ""Aadhe Adhure"" and ""Aashaad Ka Ek Din"".
1/4/1999Karnataka's Farah Khan made it three-in-a-row in the National ladies billiards championship in Delhi.
3/20/1602United East India Company of the Netherlands i.e. Dutch East India Company was chartered by States-General of Holland. During its 96-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies.
9/5/1988The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.
5/16/1986V. Shantaram, 75, was chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke award.
8/21/1995Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.