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Historical Event on 8/27/1990

The Cabinet Committee on political affairs decides to put a proposal before the Parliament providing five to ten per cent of Central Government jobs reserved for economically weaker sections.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/21/1997Railways emerges overall champion in national road cycling championship in Calcutta.
8/8/1932Dada Kondke, famous Marathi actor, was born.
1/1/1950Inauguration of National Chemical Laboratory at Mumbai.
2/5/1993The Supreme Court directs the Union Government to forcibly produce Manipur Speaker Dr. Borobabu Singh before it on March 23 in a contempt case.
3/10/2000Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Minister, submits his resignation without putting his motion of seeking a trust vote to test in the assembly. The RJD leader Rabri Devi meets the Governor and stakes claim to form the Government.
2/14/1999Fifth National Games inaugurated at Imphal.
12/5/1898Josh Malihabadi, famous Urdu poet, was born.
3/24/2000Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways.
2/25/1897Dr. Amarnath Jha, educationist, was born.
8/29/1991Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service.