October5

CBI chargesheeted 40 in Ayodhya case. Advani, Joshi and Bal Thackeray were among the accused.

East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay.

Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years.

Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died.

Kishorlal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, was born.

Madhavrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (7 Tests for India, 1 century), was born in Bombay.

The Government announced hike in diesel prices.

Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut.

Dalal Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).

Kiran Bedi, India's first woman police officer, was awarded the Joseph Beuys prize for her work in reforming the largest prison of the country.

Meerasahib Fatima Beevi, former High Court judge from Kerala, was named the first woman judge of the Supreme Court.

Geet Sethi retained World Billiards title by beating Mike Russel.

Leander-Mahesh win China Open ATP Tour doubles event.

Lord Charles Cornwallis, Governor General, died of ill health at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh.

Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.

A. K. Pillai, great social reformer and politician, died.

Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died.

Parliament passed the 76th Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months from November 10, 1990.

India decides not to attend the special meet on CTBT.

Laxmi Narayan Barua, Assamia novelist, was born.