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Historical Event on 12/11/1990

Naresh Chandra was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1992

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/1996Four members (Sange Sherpa, Hira Ram, Tashi Ram, Nadre Sherpa) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition climb Mount Everest from the Chinese side.
6/2/1991Dinesh Goswami, former Law Minister, passed away in a road accident in Assam.
12/3/1991An all-party delegation from Tamil Nadu led by CM Jayalalita urges the PM to gazette the interim award on Cauvery.
6/13/1998India rejects G-8 prescriptions saying they are ''coercive and intrusive'' and intend to freeze the nuclear weapon capabilities of New Delhi and Islamabad.
2/19/1994Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration.
8/20/1909Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter, was born at Srinagar.
5/3/1962Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal.
9/8/1982Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Kashmir, who dominated the political scene of Jammu and Kashmir for 50 years, died. He was 77.
1/1/1999This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"".
4/2/1679Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.