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Historical Event on 12/1/1989

V. P. Singh is named the new prime minister.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1930A raid of nationalists on salt works in Dharasana results in 630 casualties and the arrest of Mrs. Naidy, leader of the civil disobedience campaign.
9/1/1962Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur.
2/16/1980The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898.
10/31/2000The Income Tax Department 'indicts' five cricketers - Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Nikhil Chopra and Ajay Sharma - for tax evasion and concealment of income earned through ""dubious sources'
2/25/1993113 MPs arrested and Murali Manohar Joshi injured in police action.
5/8/1996The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern.
10/20/1947First battle between India and Pakistan.
10/20/1947Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab.
11/3/1992Premnath, hero and villan of Hindi film industry, passed away.
7/11/1994Delhi IG (prisons) Kiran Bedi wins Magsaysay Award for public service.