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Historical Event on 2/20/1994

Government makes the first appointment under 27\% reservation for Other Backward Classes in Central Services and Public Sector Undertaking.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/7/1864P. S. S. Iyyer, famous lawyer and educationalist, was born.
1/17/1941Subhashchandra Bose went underground at Calcutta. He appeared in Moscow after sone days.
10/27/1923Arvind Navinchandra Mafatlal, famous industrialist, was born.
3/7/199922 persons are killed and six injured when an AN-32 transport aircraft of the IAF crashes at Pappankulam near Indira Gandhi International Airport in south-west Delhi.
2/23/1962The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).
9/9/1941Syed Abid Ali, great Indian medium pace-bowler and all-rounder, was born at Hyderabad.
9/19/1996Suresh Mehta ministry is dismissed, President's rule imposed.
11/27/1778Joseph Lin flew upto 2,286 meters high with the help of a baloon.
6/29/2000The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties.
10/2/1952Community Development Programme started.