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Historical Event on 12/9/1989

Shyama Charan Shukla sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/15/1982Supreme Court rules that all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to public education.
11/16/1921Nearly 700 Mopalh rebels were killed by the Gurkhas as they attacked the Pandikkad post at Delhi.
6/4/1972First Environment Day.
12/23/1889Mehr Chand Mahajan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
5/1/1994Six leading Akali factions dissolved to form a new party, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar, which wanted a 'Sikh State'.
1/29/1948Angry refugees ask Gandhiji to retire to the Himalayas.
11/6/1996India wins Titan's cup beating South Africa in Mumbai.
4/24/1858Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels.
4/16/1918Spike Milligan, famous actor and comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers), was born in India.
1/11/1999Four DRDO scientists and four pilots aboard an Avro plane on a research test flight are killed as the plane crashes after take-off from the Arakkonam INS Rajali Naval air base in Tamil Nadu.