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Historical Event on 4/5/1990

Lok Sabha passes the Punjab Bill.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1938Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, famous Hindi litterateur and editor, passed away.
5/16/1995Government of India decides not to extend the validity of TADA Act.
11/8/1661Guru Har Rai passed away. Second son Har Kishan became the eighth Sikh Guru age of 5 years 4 Months. He passed away at the age of 7 years 9 Months.
5/1/1981Sindhudurga district was formed in Maharashtra State.
11/9/1980P. C. Joshi, former General Secretary of Indian Communist Party, passed away.
8/15/1947The Indian independence divided not only the country but its armed forces as well. These units came down and their equipment was transferred to the newly created Royal Pakistan Air Force. Thus, the principal components of the Royal Indian Air Force, during the partition, were nos. 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10 Squadrons with Tempest US, No. 2 Squadron with Spitfires and No. 12 Squadron with C-47s and No. 1 Air Observation Flight (AOF). The establishment of this AOF with AOP Auster 4s, 5s and 6s, coincided with independence. No. 6 Squadron, which had been in process of converting from Spitfires to C-47s at Drigh Road, had been stood down and its transports transferred to Pakistan.
5/9/1995Abha Gandhi, servant to Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. He was 68 years.
8/25/1888Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, was born.
11/9/1967Bhartiya Kranti Dal, a new political party founded.
3/3/1924Mustafa Kamal Attaturk abolished the caliphate and established a nationalist government and thus Khilafat Movement ended without achieving its aim.