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Historical Event on 12/23/1989
V. C. Pande was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 11-12-1990.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/13/1997 | Deve Gowda, PM, dedicates the Rs. 3200-crore 480 MW Uri hydel project in north Kashmir to the nation. |
| 8/10/1993 | Election Commission withdrew controversial order. By-polls to be held before 10. |
| 6/24/1991 | K. Karunakaran ministry assumes power in Kerala. |
| 7/21/1975 | Hindi Post Guards was established by Government. |
| 6/11/1931 | Purushottam Vishnu Behre, great editor, story and novel writer, was born. |
| 7/4/1997 | Centre frees from its control nine top public sector undertakings, accounting for over Rs. 10,000 crore profits annually, to become global giants by providing them full financial and operational autonomy. This included newsprint and paper from licensing controls. |
| 7/14/1942 | Britishers Quit India resolution was passed by Congress Working Committee. They demanded departure of British and agreed on passive resistance until India's independence. It was declared on 8th August, 1942 at August Kranti Maidan (Gowalia Tank). |
| 12/23/1969 | Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi. |
| 10/15/1990 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour. |
| 4/8/1991 | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta,Assam CM, steps down as party chief. |
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