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Historical Event on 12/26/1989
The Constitution 62nd Amendment Bill, seeking to extend reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another ten years, approved in Parliament.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/11/1948 | Mohammad Ali Jinnah, father of Pakistan, died. |
| 11/23/1994 | 100 killed in a stampede of Govari Samaj people during a protest march towards Nagpur Assembly. |
| 9/7/1905 | Raghunath Govind Sardesai, journalist and Marathi litterateur, was born. |
| 9/21/1990 | Supreme Court refuses to stay implementation of Mandal Commission Report. |
| 9/4/1952 | India returns Peking's famine-relief aid, saying it had political strings attached. |
| 5/18/1974 | First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb. |
| 8/25/1981 | Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress. |
| 4/26/1920 | Srinivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, passed away at Chetpet in Madras. |
| 4/2/1702 | Balaji Vishwanath Bhat, first Peshwa, passed away. |
| 12/5/1943 | The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port. |
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