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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
3/3/1707Shehejade Muajjam declared himself as the successor of Aurangzeb and renamed himself Bahadurshah First.
9/29/1755Robert Lord Clive founded the British empire in India
3/28/1997India and Pakistan, represented by Salman Haider and Shamshad Ahmed, Foreign Secretaries, hold official talks on issues at New Delhi.
10/3/1996National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory.
10/17/1999Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang.
8/23/1958Marathwada University was started.
8/30/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised.
3/21/1998Jaswant Singh is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission after the resignation of Prof. Madhu Dandavate.
1/17/1923Rangey Raghav, famous hindi writer, was born.
6/22/1917Mohy-id-Din Hajini, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Kashmir (Hajin).