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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 |
| 9/5/1612 | East India Company's Navy eastablished. |
| 2/27/1941 | Paddy Ashton, first leader of Britain's Social and Liberal Democrat Party, was born in New Delhi, India. |
| 12/10/1996 | Supreme Court bans employment of child labour in hazardous industries. |
| 1/30/1949 | Night Airmail Services was inaugurated. |
| 7/11/1882 | Baba Kanshi Ram, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Dada Siba village, Tehsil Dehra District, Kangra. |
| 5/10/1901 | Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian scientist, in the hall of the Royal Society, London, which was packed with eminent scientists today on May 10, 1901 proved that ""plants and animal have similar touch sense"". |
| 6/30/1997 | Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives. |
| 6/13/1997 | At least 60 persons were feared killed and several injured in a fire in Uphaar Grand cinema in South Delhi. |
| 2/20/1953 | India opens $ 140 mil. power system modeled after TVA. |
| 10/17/1979 | Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences. |
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