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Historical Event on 1/2/1990

Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/21/1991The President accepts the resignation of 5 cabinet members who were disqualified by the Speaker as per the anti-defection law.
4/4/1951West Germany establishes full diplomatic relations with India.
3/22/1914M. L. Bhowmik, social reformer and politician, was born Kailashahar, Tripura.
11/19/1998A. B. Vajpayee approves formation of the National Security Council, a new high-power hub, to give policy directions to safeguard the country's security.
1/1/1987United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).
9/29/19641,000 people were killed as a reservoir burst.
5/25/1991Indian, UN Angola Verification Mission - I ended (UNAVEM - I June 1989 - May 1991).
9/21/1995Rumors that statues of the Hindu god Ganesh were drinking milk spread in New Delhi.
5/18/1966Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists.
5/18/1966Amir Timur left Delhi. He took the title 'Emperor of India' and recrossed the Indus on March 11.