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Historical Event on 12/1/1989

Dr. Chenna Reddi (Congress-I) becomes CM of Andhra Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/27/1991Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case.
5/26/2000Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai.
3/3/1978Origin of Saka Era (India).
7/18/1993Girilal Jain, 71, The Times of India editor, died.
2/1/1917Samar Roy, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1961-70, was born in Bengal.
7/10/1949Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980).
11/21/1947First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General.
11/15/1817Battle of Yerwada.
8/17/1947The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence.
10/10/1952US mediator Frank Graham told the U.N. Security Council that there was a possibility of war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.