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Historical Event on 12/1/1989

Dr. Chenna Reddi (Congress-I) becomes CM of Andhra Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/13/1990An attempt to hijack a Coimbatore-Bangalore-Madras Indian Airlines flight IC 534 to Sri Lanka.
4/27/1919Ustad Allarakha Khan, great Tabla player, was born.
1/1/1914Dhirendra Nath Mukherji, social worker, was born at Bankura, West Bengal.
12/11/1958Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.
6/30/1823Sir Dinshaw Manokji Petit, famous industrialist, was born.
10/16/1978Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.
4/6/1998The Sonia Gandhi era begins in the Congress(I) with a special AICC session ratifying the decision of the CWC appointing her president in place of Sitaram Kesri.
12/31/1706Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674.
4/5/1990Mrs.Sheela Flather, an Indian national, becomes the first Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords.
8/30/1773Narayan Rao Peshwa was murdered by his uncle Raghunath Rao, also called Raghoba, who then proclaimed himself the Peshwa.