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Historical Event on 12/21/1990

Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen (Indian Nobel Laureates), the economist-philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his contribution to welfare economics.
4/27/1996General Election (11th) of India begins.
1/24/1994Singapore PM Goh Chok Tong arrives in New Delhi on a state visit.
11/24/1919Gandhiji presides over All-India Khilafat conference at Delhi.
9/8/1910Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj died.
8/5/1965Jaya Prakash Narayan was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
1/1/1986This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Peace Year"".
11/15/1982S. N. Katkar, famous poet and former editor of 'Yugvani', died.
8/1/1988Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1991.