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Historical Event on 12/1/1989

V. P. Singh is named the new prime minister.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/29/1708British East India Company and New East India company merged.
8/23/1942Gorabai Katiya, freedom fighter, was shot by police while participating in a procession for freedom movement in Narsihapur.
5/17/1857Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India.
2/11/1861Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal.
2/13/1991Muslim League leaves the UDF in Kerala.
2/9/1991India holds the last decennial census of the century.
10/24/1938Farooq Rehmany Mohammad, journalist, social reformer and political worker, was born at Bandipur.
1/2/2000Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, author of timeless classics 'Charitraheen' and 'Grihadaha', chosen novelist of the century in an online poll conducted by a literary magazine.
11/17/1915Vishnu Gopal Pingle was hanged for revolting against the Indian Army in Talegaon prison of Pune.
7/21/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces a special fund for population projects with the Planning Commission providing seed money of Rs. 100 crores. He was addressing the maiden meeting of the National Population Commission.