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Historical Event on 12/23/1989

V. C. Pande was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 11-12-1990.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/25/1995Voting on the Criminal Law Bill differed again in Rajya Sabha.
2/28/1936Kamla Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, passed away near Lausanne in Switzerland.
3/13/1963Indian Govenment announced 'Arjun Awards' to boost the morale of various sports personalities.
12/6/1992300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition.
8/3/1939Apoorva Kumar Sengupta, cricketer (1959 Test - India vs WI, without distinction), was born in Lucknow.
1/8/2000The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain.
2/5/1919Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born.
6/4/1947Hindi daily 'Nai Duniya' started publication at Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
10/24/1933Govindjee, famous scientist, was born in Allahabad, U.P. He found cutting plant sections easier than dissection of animals.
12/20/1994The last batch of troops of IAF left the capital city of Mogadishu.. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion by AN-124 contracted by UN.