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Historical Event on 1/5/1990

Mohammad Azharuddin was made captain of Indian cricket team.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1972First Environment Day.
4/12/1976India set 403 to win against the West Indies.
6/9/1997At least 50 persons were killed and 5,000 families affected in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Gangktok.
11/3/1984Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated.
11/16/1992Reservation, Supreme Court rejects economic criteria.
11/7/1912Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, social reformer, was born at Travancore.
3/21/1934Buta Singh, former Home Minister of India, was born.
9/5/1909Phiroze Edulji Palia, left-hand batsman and slow spin bowler, was born in Mumbai. He played in India's first Test at Lord's in 1932.
5/11/1999Centre removes the West Bengal Governor A. R. Kidwai. The Arunachal Pradesh Governor Mata Prasad had also been asked to step down.
10/28/1962US pledges to rush arms to India.