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Historical Event on 11/12/1990

Uttar Pradesh Government raises the reservation for Backward Classes in direct recruitment to State Services from 15 to 27 per cent.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/15/1955Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) by the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
2/9/1946Demonstrations were held against the trial of the INA men. The ratings and a few units of the Royal Indian Navy rise in open Mutiny in Mumbai harbours.
5/15/1989NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million.
4/30/1992Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes.
8/2/1988The Supreme Court confirmed death sentence on Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh in Indira Gandhi murder case.
8/10/1982Memorial of 201 martyrs from Maharashtra inaugurated.
6/11/1995PM leaves for 4-day official visit to France.
5/5/1818Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, was born at Trier, Germany.
2/22/1997India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0.
3/22/1971Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, great social reformer, revolutionary and poet, passed away.