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Historical Event on 7/1/1990

General Sunith Francis Rodrigues takes over as Chief of the Army Staff.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1949Ban on RSS lifted on the assurance that it abjures violence.
7/27/1928Rameshwar Sahai Saxena, famous writer, lawyer and journalist, was born at Lalitpur, (UP).
12/4/1992RBI devalues Rupee by 1.18% against the US dollar. India emerges overall champions with 10 golds; 8 silver and 14 bronzes in the 4th Asian Junior Athletic meet in New Delhi.
10/28/1981Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta.
1/20/1993Captain Karamjeet Singh, first Pramveer Chakra Awardee, passed away.
11/7/1974South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup.
4/4/1889Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer, Hindi litterateur and President of All India, was born in Babai village, Madhya Pradesh.
2/14/1881Rajendra Lal Dutta and M.M.Basu established the first Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital in Calcutta.
4/19/1976Maharshi Dayanand University established in Haryana.
2/25/1938Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay.