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Historical Event on 8/1/1990

Devi Lal, Dy. PM, dropped from Union Cabinet following wild charges he made against colleagues in an interview with the 'Illustrated Weekly'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/11/1954Yashpal Barburam Sharma, cricketer (Indian right-handed batsman early 80'), was born in Ludhiana.
12/10/1999Pranab Mukherjee and Jaipal Reddy are chosen outstanding parliamentarians for 1997 and 1998 respectively.
11/6/1951Judge M. Patanjali Sastri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 03/01/1954.
7/27/1972Charu Majumdar, father of Naxalite Movement and the founder President of C.O.I.(M-L), died in prison.
6/10/1890Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday.
4/28/1986Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.
11/24/1969Guru Nanak University established at Amritsar, Punjab.
10/17/1997SEBI asks investors to adopt paperless trading through depository.
11/16/1997Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender.
3/30/1949New Union of Greater Rajasthan was ceremonially inaugurated by Patel when the existing Union of Rajasthan was joined by four premier states of Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer. Hiralal Shastri became its first Chief Minister.