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Historical Event on 10/1/1991
India takes over the presidency of Security Council with Ambassador G.R. Gharekhan in the chair.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/15/1966 | U.S. resumes full economic aid to India and Pakistan. |
| 8/29/1991 | Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service. |
| 7/14/1997 | India finishes third in Asian women's weightlifting. |
| 6/23/1930 | The Simon Commission recommends a federal India and the separation of Burma at London. |
| 4/12/1987 | V. P. Singh resigns as Defence Minister of India, K. C. Pant appointed in his place. |
| 8/14/1987 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour. |
| 11/3/2000 | BCCI suspends five cricketers -Mohammed Azaruddin, Ajay Sharma, Ajay Jadeja, Nayan Mongia and Manoj Prabhakar--for a period of 15 days after the CBI report. |
| 2/19/1992 | The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab. |
| 8/15/1994 | At Churchgate railway station on platform No.1, noted film actor A.K. Hangal signalled the start of theatre in a train by waving a green flag. |
| 9/21/1895 | Annapurnanand, great writer, was born. |
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