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Historical Event on 1/2/1990

Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/20/1858Gwalior fort was captured by British troops and the first Indian Sepoy Mutiny officially came to an end.
5/6/2000Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta.
5/6/2000Sun City India founded by Rao in Jodhpur.
7/9/1969Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer), was born in Hyderabad.
12/11/1958Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.
9/26/1996High Court rejected Rao's petition for anticipatory bail in Pathak cheating case.
5/31/1968F.V. Arul became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 06/05/71).
5/5/1955Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce.
4/14/1963Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, great Hindi writer, politician and professor, passed away at Darjeeling.
8/14/1942Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, started broadcasting from a secret transmitter on the wave length of 42.84 meters. This channel was used for freedom movement telecasts.