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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
10/23/1997Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka set deadline upto 31st October for sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to surrender.
9/24/193119 people were killed by police during the anti-Hindu rioting in Kashmir.
12/1/1946Australia compiled 645 vs India at Gabba. Bradman made 187 runs.
2/18/1993Congress (I) secures absolute majority in Nagaland and emerges as the single largest party in Meghalaya.
7/7/1948Damodar Valley Corporation, first public corporation, was established.
4/5/1993The Left and Democratic Front earns two third majority at the Tripura Assembly elections.
11/12/1885Firodia Kundanmal Shobhachand, politician and Gandhian, was born.
7/7/1998Nag, indigenously developed anti-tank missile, is test-fired again.
9/29/2000Union Minister of State for Agriculture S.B.P.B.K. Satyanarayana Rao quits the from Cabinet.
3/20/1965Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi.