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Historical Event on 10/1/1990

Supreme Court stays implementation of Mandal Commission recommendations.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1995ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).
1/10/1998Geet Sethi retains National billiards title in Calcutta.
6/5/1975Ramsing, great freedom fighter and editor of `Navyug Patrika', passed away.
4/19/1995Gopala Ramanujam,Goa Governor, takes up additional charge of Kerala.
11/15/1621Jahangir captured Kakda Fort.
10/22/1764The Battle of Buxar was fought between armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and British East India Company led by Hector Munro.
9/26/1977Uday Shankar (Chowdhury), producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana', passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravishankar. His main achievement was the blending of the Indian classical style with the Western Ballet and various folk dances.
5/31/1981First developmental launch of SLV-3, Rohini (RS-D1) placed in orbit. It was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload.
2/3/1928Chandrasekhar Vaman Gadkari, cricketer (Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953-55), was born at Pune.
11/24/1924Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born.