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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
7/15/1992Lucknow High Court stays any construction activity near the disputed temple in Ayodhya.
8/17/1848Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born.
5/6/1993Violence in Orissa state secretariat, CM manhandled.
8/12/1868Frederick JNT Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of British-India (1916-21), was born.
5/23/1993PM arrives in Tashkent.
4/20/1938Bhartacharya Chintamanrao Vinayak Vaidya, omnicient research scientist and expert of Marathi and English languages, passed away.
3/11/1689Sambhaji, Shivaji's successor, who was captured at Sangameshwar, was assasinated in the prison of Aurangzeb by Mughal officer Muqurab Khan.
10/5/1676East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay.
9/11/1906Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'.
2/16/1896Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', great Hindi poet, litterateur, writer, social worker and editor, was born.