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Historical Event on 12/26/1989

The Constitution 62nd Amendment Bill, seeking to extend reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another ten years, approved in Parliament.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/1997Mumbai High Court directs BMC to reinstate G.R. Khairnar, the iconoclastic Dy. Municipal Commissioner suspended in `94 and removed from service in October 1996.
4/18/1959India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation.
7/23/1964Samrendranath Roy, great statistician, passed away.
10/25/1997180mw Lower Periyar Hydroelectric Project in Kerala commissioned after 13 long years.
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
5/27/1906Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika Day.
10/17/1999Dingko Singh won the bantam weight gold while Services' Ramanand was adjudged the best boxer in the National Boxing championship which concluded in Shimla.
1/3/1880Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started.
11/28/1890Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule died. He led a selfless life devoted to the upliftment of the lower classes of the Hindu society. He also started school for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables. He was assissted in education field by his wide Savitri Bai.
12/4/1973Mohan Rakesh, famous modern Hindi dramatist, novelist and story writer, passed away.