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Historical Event on 5/26/1993

The Centre decides to implement the Mandal Commission recommendation to provide 27\% reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes in the Central Services from 15th June.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/10/1984Top army commander killed in Bihar; Sikh troops desert unit.
9/3/1987Vishwanathan Anand, 17, becomes India's first and the world's youngest Grandmaster.
5/22/1989IRBM 'Agni' Missile launched successfully from Chandipur, Orissa.
1/8/1995ONGC's oil rig blow out at Pasalapudi site in Andhra Pradesh.
7/30/1997Madras High Court restrains, by an interim injunction, the foreign universities/institutions having offices in India from awarding or conferring any degree on Indian students.
12/3/1889Khudiram Bose, famous revolutionary and freedom fighter of Muzaffarpur Bomb Case, was born at Habibpur village, West Bengal.
5/13/1905Fakruddin Ali Ahmed, the fifth President of India, was born at Delhi.
5/14/1923Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar, one of the founder members of Indian Congress and social reformer, passed away.
7/25/2000Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena Chief, courts arrest and the court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Boiwada, B. P. Kamble dismisses the case because of six-year delay in pursuing it after the FIR.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.