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Historical Event on 10/1/1990

Justice Ranganath Mishra appointed Chief Justice of Supreme Court.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/29/1885A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).
1/23/1961Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films.
10/2/1910D. Arkasomayaji, educationist, was born at Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh.
9/11/1875Koyaji Jahangir Kuwanrji, famous economist, was born.
10/21/1887Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, great politician, revolutionist leader and chief minister, was born at Khanwa.
2/3/1983Prime Minister Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of Assam's new capital 'Pragjyotishpur'.
11/10/1938Mustafa Kemal Ataturk passed away at Istanbul.
5/14/1993Bombay High Court upholds Goa C.M. Ravi Naik's disqualification by speaker under anti-defection bill.
8/23/1933Mahatma Gandhi was released from government detention in the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his fast was endangering his life. Gandhi, who undertook the fast eight days ago in protest over being arrested again by British authorities, weighed 90 pounds at the time of his release. There was considerable speculation over what the nationalist leader would do upon regaining his strength, but the common assumption was that he would be arrested again by the British authorities if he resumed his civil disobedience.