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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
4/20/1971India won Cricket Test Rubber' for the first time after defeating West Indies Cricket Team.
11/16/1958India and U.S.S.R. sign trade agreement to exchange Soviet industrial and agricultural equipment for farm commodities at Moscow.
3/8/1673Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj conquered the fort of Panhala.
12/7/1979First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay.
7/1/1989New Governors were appointed in five states. Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao became Governor for J&K.
6/7/1979Bhaskara-I, first experimental satellite for Earth resources/meteorology remote sensing and the Second Satellite of India, launched. This satellite carried TV and microwave cameras. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle 'Intercosmos'.
8/6/1999Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi.
8/13/1947Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.
2/11/1979Shankarrao Narayanrao Mohite Patil `Sahakari Maharshi' passed away.
12/29/1885A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay.