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Historical Event on 7/1/1989

New Governors were appointed in five states. Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao became Governor for J&K.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/1909E. M. S. Namboodiripad was born in Palghat in Kerala.
6/13/1909Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India.
3/10/1997Maharashtra government renames Osmanabad as Dharashiva.
4/27/1919Ustad Allarakha Khan, great Tabla player, was born.
1/27/1970Probir Sen, cricketer, 20 catches & 11 stumpings and 14 Tests for India, passed away.
8/1/1879Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar, famous litterateur and journalist, was born.
1/1/1948India raised voice against Pakistani infilatration in the country. A complaint was lodged in the Security Council of United Nation on Kashmir invasion.
1/28/1925Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born.
8/7/1990Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission.
7/1/1962Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great leader, veteran nationalist, politician, professor, physician and architect, passed away.