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Historical Event on 9/1/1989

Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1992Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away.
2/1/1964Judge Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 15.03.1966.
7/31/1997Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.
6/12/1997Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354).
2/22/1858Gannau resident of Samosa Gali in Delhi, arrested for revolutionary activities, was hanged.
6/24/1974India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 mins.
5/22/1993Karnataka special task force guns down Veerappan's brother and righthand man Arjunan.
4/22/1996Hiteshwar Saikia, chief minister of Assam (1991-96), passed away at the age of 62 years, and Dr. Bhumidhar Barman became new CM.
4/22/1923Babani Sheshagiri Pai, social worker and journalist, was born at Ankola in Karnataka.
9/12/1993Former Chief Minister of Gujarat Hitendra Desai died.