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Historical Event on 1/1/1989

The 4th annual SAARC summit concludes in Islamabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/9/1992Killer brew claims 175 lives in Orissa, Excise Minister Prasanna Kumar Acharya resigns.
12/11/1991The centre notifies the interim order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal directing Karnataka to release 205 tmc ft of water to Tamil Nadu.
3/16/1998Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.
2/10/1846British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India.
7/20/1829Jankibai passed away in jail.
7/10/2000Pete Sampras wins his 7th singles Wimbledon title and his 13th Grand Slam title overtaking Roy Emerson's 12 titles.
11/1/1992Indirabai Khadilkar, famous singer, died.
3/1/1950The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000.
10/16/1968Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene.
11/7/1995G-15 summit concludes calling for South-South cooperation and reduction of trade barriers, tariffs among the member countries, stability of interest and exchange rates.