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Historical Event on 3/1/1989

Vasantdada Banduji Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Governor of Rajasthan, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/7/1999A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state.
7/25/1958Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, inaugurated.
12/16/1952Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people.
3/3/1839Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, was born at Navsari near Surat, Gujarat. He started cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.
12/23/1977Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born.
4/1/1963D.P. Kohli held office as the founder director of Central Bureau of Investigation (C.B.I.) from 1st April, 1963 (to 31st May, 1968). Earlier, he was Inspector-General of Police of the Special Police Establishment.
3/8/1957Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, prominent leader in Maharashtra and former Chief Minister of Mumbai province, passed away.
2/4/1990Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India.
12/1/1960Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/07/1964.
4/30/1992Over 7 years after the gas disaster, a Bhopal court orders attachment of Carbide properties in India.