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Historical Event on 1/11/1990

R. Shekhar became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 14/12/90).

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/10/1855Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur court, was born.
4/26/1945Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras.
7/22/1875Nandkishor Bal, great Oria poet, novelist and critic, was born.
3/27/1992India signs Friendship Treaty with Ukraine.
11/16/1997Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
8/27/1990The Cabinet Committee on political affairs decides to put a proposal before the Parliament providing five to ten per cent of Central Government jobs reserved for economically weaker sections.
11/18/1988Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Delhi on a three-day visit.
11/18/1988The Sultan, losing his hold over the army and some members of his aristocracy, very wisely abdicated in favour of his brother Ahmad, who is famous in Deccan history as Ahmad Shah Wali.
8/29/2000Supreme Court releases of 115 'Veerappan aides' on bail or otherwise till further orders.