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Historical Event on 10/5/1989

Meerasahib Fatima Beevi, former High Court judge from Kerala, was named the first woman judge of the Supreme Court.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1855First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km.
3/19/1990Madhu Dandavate,Union Finance Minister, submits Rs. 7,206 crore deficit budget with a mixed bag of new levies and concessions.
11/20/1998Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
9/4/1990Congress (I) opposes the Prasar Bharati Bill in the Rajya Sabha saying the party wants the bill to be sent to a select committee.
1/16/1858Baithi, Laikha, Ratna, Maani, and the women who participated in Mairath Kranti at Gudgaon, all were hanged.
3/14/1997Veerendra Patil, 73, twice former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.
1/8/1895Ramchandra Sakharam Ruikar, freedom fighter, pioneer of the labour movement in India and President of All India Trade Union Congress, was born at Rui village, district Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
4/27/1997CBI decides to prosecute Bihar CM Laloo Prasad Yadav, former CM Dr. Jagannath Mishra, Union Minister Chandra Deo Prasad Verma and 53 others in the Rs. 950 crore fodder scam case.
5/27/1951Taraporewala Aquarium was inaugurated at Mumbai by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".