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Historical Event on 12/7/1989

Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/30/1991Union Government dismisses Karunanidhi government. President's rule imposed in Tamil Nadu.
10/18/1906Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde.
5/15/1992BSE closed.
1/20/1957South Africa banned Indian Cargo ships to dock at their Ports.
11/12/1996Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana.
10/18/1927Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay.
12/29/1927Hakim Ajmal Khan, freedom fighter, litterateur and a true patriot, died.
2/11/1933First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi.
8/4/1997Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members.
1/23/1999An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district.