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Historical Event on 1/12/1990

Vimal Kumar and Madhumita Bisht retain National badminton titles.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1997Former Union Ministers Arjun Singh, N.D. Tiwari, R.K. Dhawan and Madhavrao Scindia discharged in the Jain hawala case by special judge V.B. Gupta.
8/25/1981Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress.
12/3/1991Satinder Kumar Lamba appointed India's Ambassador to Pakistan.
2/5/1992D.D. Lapang takes over as the new CM of Meghalaya.
12/28/2000The Kanchi Acharya presents the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati national eminence awards to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi (in absentia), scientist Ramnarayan Agarwal and pravachan artist Rameshbhai Ojha.
3/29/1914Sudhir Gupta, famous Hindi poet and educationist, was born in Kalasgram, Bangladesh.
11/22/1997Diana Hayden, 24-year-old Mumbai-born Miss India, beat 85 contestants from around the world to be crowned new 'Miss Universe' at Mahe in Seychelles.
11/22/1997Sultan Mehmood completely destroyed the Temple of Somnath.
9/5/1918Ratanji Jamshetji Tata, famous Indian industrialist and social reformer, died.
12/11/1845First battle between Britishers and Sikhs. In 1849, Punjab lost its independence. This is referred as the first Anglo-Sikh War.