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Historical Event on 12/1/1990

Vijayalaxmi Pandit, first Indian Lady Ambassador and Politician, passed away at the age of 90 years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/16/1950Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
7/9/1969India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus).
3/7/1921Kulwant Singh Virk, famous Hindi writer and journalist, was born.
3/16/1995K. Karunakaran resigns as CM of Kerala; Finance Minister presents Central Budget.
5/5/1929Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
2/19/1949Mass arrests of communists in India.
6/5/1927Sarjit Singh Bal, educationist, was born in Renala Khurd, Punjab.
7/10/1997Malleswari earns India's first gold medal in Asian weightlifting championship in Beijing.
12/26/1989India debars Bofors from future contracts until they come out clean.
1/15/1958Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.