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Historical Event on 1/1/1991

Bhanu Pratap Singh, Karnataka Governor, resigns. Goa governor Khurshid Alam Khan appointed in his place.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/17/1906Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33.
9/20/1921Pamanmal Hazari Punjabi, right-hand batsman (164 runs in five tests vs Pakistan in 1954-55), was born at Karachi.
1/18/1938The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail.
8/2/1861Parafulla Chandra Ray, chemical expert and great patriot, was born in the village of Raruli-Katipara IN Jessore district.
6/20/1957Govindrao Burhanpurkar, famous harmonium player, died.
6/14/1985M.C. Sharma was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 10-12-1985.
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
12/29/1977World's biggest Drive-In theatre started screening in Bombay.
5/17/1998US President Bill Clinton wants India and Pakistan to sign CTBT.
11/28/1999Senior Awami League leader Mohammed Anwar Sheikh is killed and his wife and daughter-in-law are seriously injured in a militant attack on his house in Kashmir.