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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
9/20/1993Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in Teheran on a three-day visit.
9/20/1993Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India.
3/25/1983Chalpati Rao, great journalist, passed away.
5/1/1897Vivekananda Swami established Ramakrishna Mission.
1/31/1994Milind Desai, 12, the youngest editor in Gujarati journalism, died of leukemia.
11/15/1817Battle of Yerwada.
3/31/1926Dattatray Balwant Parasnis, who made research in History, passed away.
8/22/1993V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes.
2/11/1998The Punjab police unearth a plot to kill Prime Minister I. K. Gujral, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, and Congress(I) leader Sonia Gandhi by a pro-Khalistan militant group.
2/6/1952George VI (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom, died of lung cancer at the age of 56 (succeeded by daughter, Elizabeth II). In 1947, His title of Emperor of India was deleted.