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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
8/6/1997Army confirms social activist Sanjay Ghose's death who was abducted by ULFA.
1/22/1992Government raises Suzuki share in Maruti to 50 per cent making it the first public sector company to go private.
11/5/1906Initials of the place of issuance of notes were started to be printed instead of Issuing Circle's name.
3/30/1976Shankar Puroshattam Mulgaonkar 'Raghuvir', famous painter, passed away.
1/5/1974Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died.
10/14/1919Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born.
5/13/1962Dr. Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67).
8/8/1923Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.
2/19/1993German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President.
5/15/1878Sivnath Shastri and Ananda Mohan Bose, under the leadership of the younger group of Brahmo Sama, rebelled and started Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.