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Historical Event on 1/1/1991

Bhanu Pratap Singh, Karnataka Governor, resigns. Goa governor Khurshid Alam Khan appointed in his place.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/5/1974Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died.
6/25/1943No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status.
4/16/1801Warrior Vithoji Holkar of Peshwa kingdom was assassinated.
3/23/1923Shekh Mubarak Ali Ayaj, Sindhi litterateur, was born.
3/1/1916Habib Rahman, great Architect, was born at Calcutta.
8/15/1947Brigadier Thakur Mahadeo Singh was the first Indian Commandant. He was the DSO of Indian Militery Academy.
1/29/1997Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'.
1/2/1953Government set up a Board of Editors under Dr. Syed Mahmood to prepare a history of Freedom Movement in India.
12/1/1966Nagaland becomes a state of the Indian Union.
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.