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Historical Event on 12/4/1989

Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan.

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5/9/1998Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai.
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11/5/1915Balasaheb Devras, sar sanghchalak of RSS, was born.
10/29/1971Cyclone and tidal waves struck Orissa state claiming 10,000 lives.
8/15/1942Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace.
2/11/1989Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away.
10/3/1906Govind Vinayak Devansthali, Sanskrit researcher, dictionary creator, professor and journalist, was born in Bombay.
1/28/1992Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away.
5/25/1997In a bid to break the deadlock on naming transport corporation after caste leaders in southern districts, Tamil Nadu Government agrees to create a new bus corporation named after Pulithevan.
1/4/1948Burma achieved its independence from Great Britain. In 1989, Burma changed its name to Myanmar to reflect the multi-ethnic composition of the country. Apart from the Burmese, the main ethnic minority groups are the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, and Kachin. Just as the Burmese did against the British, almost all of these ethnic groups have struggled against the Burmese government for self-determination.