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Historical Event on 8/7/1990

Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/27/1926Padmanabh Govind Joshi alias ""Nana"" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper during 1950's was born in Bar
7/15/1986India protests against China's intrusion of six to seven km into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh.
5/13/1998India conducts two more nuclear tests at Pokhran. The US slaps sanctions. The Prime Minister says India will face down sanctions.
12/14/1812Lord Charles Caning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), was born.
3/18/1948Socialist Party of India (SPI) disassociates itself from the Congress.
7/24/1985Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab.
5/15/1995PM Rao reaches New York for a week-long visit.
1/6/1953Stalin Peace Prize awarded to Dr. S. Kitchlew.
2/20/1868Sisir Kumar, Basanta Kumar and Hemanta Kumar, three brothers, first published the 'Amrita Bazar Partika', a weekly issue in Bengali.
3/26/1999Indian Airlines regained the National hockey men's title in Hyderabad.