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Historical Event on 8/7/1990
Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/5/1929 | S.V. Subramanian, great Hindi writer, was born at Virakeralanpudur, Tamil Nadu. |
| 6/29/1757 | Mir Zafar was installed on the throne as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orrisa from Murshidabad. |
| 1/24/1966 | Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government. |
| 6/18/1997 | Prakash Padukone launches IBC. |
| 8/28/1997 | Tiwari and Surinderjit Kaur set national records in hammer throw in Federation Cup Athletics. |
| 5/22/1993 | Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections. |
| 2/19/1994 | IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time. |
| 7/13/1995 | Devyani Chaubal, film journalist, passed away. |
| 7/21/1977 | Bhudevchandra Basu, famous animal expert, passed away. |
| 5/13/1791 | Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera. |
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