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Historical Event on 7/1/1989

New Governors were appointed in five states. Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao became Governor for J&K.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/1877Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, was born at Porbandar.
10/12/1935Shivraj Vishwanath Patil, former Speaker of Lok Sabha, was born
7/22/1944Man Mohan Modi Seth , great industrialist, was born at Modinagar, U.P.
9/6/1995New broad gauge train ""Palace on Wheels"" started between Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
5/27/1857Nana Sahib was captured at Kanpur.
6/27/1998Mr. Nikhil Chakravartty, journalist and chairman of Prasar Bharati, dies in New Delhi at 84.
5/22/1996United Front prime ministerial candidate H.D. Deve Gowda unanimously elected leader of the Front's parliamentary party.
5/11/1998Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft.
11/13/1780Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ""Lion of Punjab"", was born.
5/11/1888Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist, writer and connoisseur of music and arts, was born.