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Historical Event on 4/5/1990

Mrs.Sheela Flather, an Indian national, becomes the first Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1997Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'.
12/22/1998The National Award for the Best Technological Invention is conferred on Prof. J. R. Isaac, a computer scientist.
11/18/1955Nicolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, top USSR Soviet leaders, first time came to New Delhi.
5/16/1998India rejects China's charges on N-tests.
6/28/1975As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
5/21/1990Moelvi Muhammad Farouk, great Indian spiritual leader, was murdered.
3/24/2000Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways.
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.
4/14/1948Law about Atomic Energy implemented in India.
2/10/1949Pune University' established.