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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 |
| 10/28/1947 | Sheikh Mohammad Abdulla invited to form an interim government in J&K. |
| 6/7/1984 | Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. |
| 12/29/1977 | World's biggest Drive-In theatre started screening in Bombay. |
| 2/15/1967 | Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins. |
| 3/31/1964 | Tram-way service ended in Mumbai (Bombay). This last electric tram left Bori Bunder (CST) for Dadar at 10 p.m., crowds lined the route all the way at that late hour to bid farewell to the common man's transport medium. |
| 3/14/1963 | Jainarain Vyas, freedom fighter, leader, social reformer, patriot and a noble son of India, passed away. |
| 1/10/1955 | The Auxiliary Air Force squadrons were equipped with the HAL-designed HT-2 trainer - officially introduced into service. |
| 10/28/1997 | Dr. V. Doreswamy Iyengar (77), Veena maestro, household name among Carnatic music lovers, passed away in Bangalore. |
| 12/11/1971 | The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent. |
| 1/9/1976 | President suspends seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution. |
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