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Historical Event on 8/22/2000

Parliament okays two Constitutional Amendment Bills restoring relaxations in marks for promotion in government jobs to SC/STs and exempting Arunachal from reservation for SCs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/21/1995Rumors that statues of the Hindu god Ganesh were drinking milk spread in New Delhi.
12/7/1998A. B. Vajpayee questions Pakistan's decision to hand over part of occupied Kashmir to China and says the area belongs to India.
8/27/1958Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
7/10/1997Rafiq Sadiq, Congress(I) leader, escapes attempt on life when armed militants ambush motorcade near Achabal in South Anantnag, Kashmir valley.
1/30/1908Gandhiji was summoned to see General Smuts at Pretoria and released on reaching a compromise.
3/30/1993Air Time Committee Chief P.S. Deodhar and its members resign in protest against the implementation of the metro channel of Doordarshan.
10/24/1995A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam.
2/7/1687Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end.
3/7/2000A. Madhava Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister, dies in a landmine blast at Ghatkesar village in Ranga Reddy district.
3/7/2000Origin of Fasli Era (India).