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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 |
| 1/8/1981 | India all out for 63 runs in one-day international vs Australia. |
| 12/26/1831 | Hennry Louis Vivian Derozio passed away. |
| 12/11/1922 | Dilip Kumar, famous film actor, was born. |
| 11/5/1956 | University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC. |
| 4/9/1954 | India reports only 43\% of population speaks 15 recognized languages, noting 720 dialects, 23 tribal tongues. |
| 1/30/1996 | Supreme Court directs CBI and other govt. agencies to speed up the Jain hawala probe. |
| 1/15/1988 | Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras thus creating a world Test record. |
| 1/16/1916 | Amat Debananda, politician, was born in Balani village at Orissa . |
| 1/25/1914 | Gandhi reaches agreement with South African Union govt. on treatment of Indian nationals at South Africa. |
| 11/1/1956 | Indian Government re-organizes the states according to linguistic principles and inaugurates second Five-Year Plan. The states declared were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab by merging Patiala & PEPSU, Mumbai was divided in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Union Territories namely Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were approved. |
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