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Historical Event on 5/4/1990

Supreme Court directs Central Government to set up a Tribunal to resolve Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/29/1891Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur and Hindi writer, passed away in Calcutta.
1/30/1997Fifth Pay Commission submits proposals; minimum salary Rs. 2440 pm and maximum 26,000. Cabinet Secretary 30,000; six-day week; retirement at 60, etc. proposed.
4/6/1664Harkhishan Singh, Sikh Guru, died.
9/12/1932Vijaya Shriniwas Jahagirdas, famous Marathi story writer and poet, was born.
5/17/1993Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns; Dy. CM Wilfred D'Souza elected to succeed.
6/23/1971Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, passed away.
11/18/1948Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna.
5/15/1873The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England.
6/8/1992Assets of 31 persons including Harshad Mehta attached.
6/8/1992Humayun died at Delhi. Two days earlier he had slipped on the staircase of a library being constructed at the Old Fort.