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Historical Event on 1/7/1990

President returns the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bills of 1986 to Parliament at the instance of the Government.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/27/1920Kanhaiyalal Bhagwandas Harjal, educationist, was born at Mohpa, Maharashtra.
8/21/1995Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
3/23/1911Indranath Bandopadhyay, Bengali comedy writer and journalist, passed away.
3/20/1977General Election (6th) of India ends. First time Indian National Congress Party lost in India.
1/25/1989Congress-I ministry headed by S. C. Jamir assumes office in Nagaland.
10/15/1997Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things'
9/29/1932Hamid Dalwai, Muslim social reformer, was born.
9/21/1938Prof. Raghuveer Singh Rathore, Cricket Test umpire for one test in 1990-91, was born in Rajasthan.
12/29/1909Congress at Lahore adopts resolution praising Indians' struggle in South Africa and urged ban on indenture.
7/21/1911Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat.