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Historical Event on 1/2/1990
Election panel made one member body again; Election Commissioners S. S. Dhanoa and V. S. Seigell removed.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/10/2000 | The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo. |
| 7/20/1982 | Mira Behn (90), disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. |
| 12/23/1954 | Judge Bijan Kumar Mukherjea became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1956. |
| 10/24/1990 | BJP-sponsored 'Bharat Bandh' in protest against L. K. Advani's arrest evokeed mixed response. |
| 11/1/1966 | Punjab High Court was renamed as Punjab & Haryana High Court. This court was established in Chandigarh for Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh territory. |
| 7/2/1905 | Shantiswaroop Dhavan, former Governor of West Bengal, was born. |
| 3/10/1995 | ONGC's oil rig that blew out ( January 8 ) at Pasalapudi site near Amalapuram (Andhra Pradesh) put out after 62 days. |
| 5/25/1999 | India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4. |
| 2/16/1905 | Padmabhushan Aliyawar Jang, former Governor of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 7/14/1854 | Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramahans, was born. |
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