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Historical Event on 12/1/1989

A 13-member Sikkim Sangram Parishad Ministry headed by Nar Bahadur Bhandari assumes office in Sikkim.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/18/1896Raghupati Sahay ""Firaq Gorakhpuri"", revolutionary Urdu poet, was born. He was honoured with the highest literary awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1960 and Bharatiya Gyanpeeth Award in 1969. His notable works include ""Ruh-e-Kayenaat (Spirit of Universe, 1945)"" and ""Ramz-O-Kinayaat (Suggestion, 1946)"".
11/15/1817Battle of Yerwada.
2/26/1976V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'.
2/11/1933First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi.
3/17/1782Salby Teaty was singed between Anderson (British) and Scindia for the Maratha and East India Company.
4/11/1999The DRDO has successfully flight tested AGNI-11 with a range of 2000 km, using solid propellant rocket motors in both stages and rail mobile launcher system from its new launch complex in the Orissa Coast. With this launch the country has reached the point of operationalisation of AGNI-11 as a weapon system. (1-1-2000).
12/12/1964HJT-16, the first Indian jet trainer, made its inaugural flight.
3/22/1963World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways.
2/21/1987Pakistan President Gen. Zia visits India.
6/7/1998India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars.