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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
8/9/1911Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay.
4/11/1931Mahendranath Yeshwant Gupte, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1984-85, was born at Mumbai.
4/6/1998The Sonia Gandhi era begins in the Congress(I) with a special AICC session ratifying the decision of the CWC appointing her president in place of Sitaram Kesri.
1/20/1817Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College.
11/19/2000Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.
11/16/1990Allahabad High Court stays UP Government's decision to increase reservation quota for Backward Classes.
11/16/1990Akbar captured Ahmednagar.
9/23/1997India win Sahara Cup Cricket series by 4-1 victory over Pakistan.
1/3/1987Dr. Harekrishna Mehtab, former Chief Minister of Orrisa and Governer of Mumbai State, died.
2/24/199525 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati.