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Historical Event on 1/5/1990
Mohammad Azharuddin was made captain of Indian cricket team.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/5/1992 | Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar. |
| 1/2/1930 | Mazharul Haque, greatest social worker, politician, nationalist, poet, journalist and writer, died. |
| 6/2/1984 | Army takes control in Punjab as 22 people are killed in Sikh struggle for autonomy. The state is declared a restricted area under the Foreigners' Act. |
| 8/9/1997 | Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta. |
| 5/20/1677 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Jingi. |
| 12/10/1993 | Kerala Congress(M) splits; Four MLAs, including Minister T.M.Jacob, expelled. |
| 9/12/1998 | India, Malaysia sign an agreement on cooperation in science and technology in Kuala Lumpur. |
| 6/23/2000 | Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism.. |
| 5/11/1965 | The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country. |
| 3/1/1998 | Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda. |
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