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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
10/1/1967Indian Tourist Development Corporation Limited established.
10/23/1996Amjad Ali Khan, sarod maestro, appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
10/20/1962China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level.
10/12/1993The first operational sortie in Somalia was undertaken with the Brigade Commander and his Deputy on board to recede the area of responsibility in and around Baidoa which was to be the bridage's permanent location.
11/9/1942Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died.
8/8/1990Violent protests rock Bihar against Mandal Commission Report implementation.
9/1/1998Tatas withdraw their Rs. 1,475-crore proposal to operate an airline with foreign equity participation in the domestic sector.
3/12/1992India and the US decide to hold joint naval exercises in the Indian ocean.
2/12/1742Nana Phadnavis, one of the important members of Peshwa kingdom and the Maratha master-diplomat, was born.
5/10/1857India's real mutiny begins with the revolt of Sepoys of Meerut near Delhi the next day.