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Historical Event on 3/29/1970

Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%. Orders to be effective from 25 March.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/25/1992Mi-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35 Squadron and was renamed as 104-Helicopter Squadron.
4/1/1869Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation.
6/2/1997Saudi Boeing 747 Jumbo with 348 people on board misses the Meenambakkam international airport, Chennai and forcelands at Tambaram Air Force strip.
4/6/1998India resumes export of marine products to the European Union; 25 units have been approved by the Export Inspection Council for exporting to EU countries.
9/28/1993Gas pipe below Karakas National Highway exploded claiming 58 lives.
8/22/1993The first batch of IAF troops landed in the capital city of Mogadishu.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
3/18/1916Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay.
10/2/1906Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour.
12/26/1831Hennry Louis Vivian Derozio passed away.