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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
4/26/1973Judge A.N. Ray became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 28/01/1977.
12/9/1658Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India.
8/27/1859Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, was born.
10/10/1998Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand was sworn in Chief Justice of India.
8/8/2000The Government appoints Air Marshal P. Rajkumar to head the court of enquiry to probe the Alliance Air crash near Patna.
4/4/1942Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War.
1/4/1940Shrikant Sinkar, famous Marathi novelist, was born.
2/2/1788Pitt's Regulatory Act was was introduced to modify the Indian Administration and put further controls on Government of India after the 1784 Bill.
10/12/1991Sonia Gandhi declineed to contest from Amethi.
5/7/1950Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons.