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Historical Event on 10/20/1999

The Centre accepts the recommendations of the Backward Classes Commission on the inclusion of Jats and other backward classes (OBCs) in Rajasthan except Bharatpur and Dholpur districts.

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4/12/1752Agreement to save the king between Shinde and Holkar.
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12/3/1998India and Portugal sign an agreement in New Delhi for setting up a joint committee to enhance cooperation in science and technology.
1/9/1922Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley.
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