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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
1/7/1956Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy.
7/27/1887Sardar Davar Tehmuras Kavasji, social worker and lawyer, was born.
7/25/1995India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95).
8/26/1984An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.
2/10/1949Pune University' established.
11/5/1915Balasaheb Devras, sar sanghchalak of RSS, was born.
11/10/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move.
5/9/1919Ram Kumar Gupta, great industrialist, was born at Delhi.
7/4/1914Savlaram Ravji Patil (P. Savlaram), film lyrisist and story writer, was born.
1/26/1960More medals for armed forces were instituted including the Vishisht Seva Medal (in the classes), Sainya Seva Medal, Videsh Seva Medal and Sena, Nao Sena and Vayu Sena Medals.