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Historical Event on 2/1/1990

Governors named for 14 states.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/6/199712 persons killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi.
6/9/1998Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days.
5/11/1999Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
1/10/1897Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years.
1/23/1909New direct 7,000-mile telegraphic link with India is hailed as a great achievement at London.
8/5/1604John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized.
8/6/1998SriKrishna Commission report was tabled by the Maharashtra government. It was rejected by the ruling alliance whom it heavily indicted.
2/7/1908Manmanath Gupta was born.
7/5/2000The Prime Minister rules out restoring pre-1953 status to Jammu and Kashmir.