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Historical Event on 12/5/1990

With the induction of 60 ministers, the Bihar Cabinet becomes the largest ever cabinet in India with a total of 71 ministers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/7/1990Union Cabinet approves setting up of Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service.
9/25/1990Sabyasachi Mukherji, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, aged 63, died in London.
5/22/1993Karnataka special task force guns down Veerappan's brother and righthand man Arjunan.
7/21/1658Aurangzeb celebrated his being the emperor of Mugal Empire at Delhi. He was informally enthroned.
12/27/1996Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award.
11/22/1988Baba Amte wins U.N. Human Rights Award.
6/18/1946First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese.
6/27/1999India won the four-nation under-21 women's hockey title, defeating England in the final at the Kean University, New Jersey.
2/19/1855U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born.
5/5/2000Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'.