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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
1/14/1948First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published.
11/25/1990R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, passed away.
2/27/1987UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding.
1/8/1994Kamkothi Parmacharya Shri Chandrashekhar Saraswati, 68th Shankaracharya of Kanchi maat and Indian Saint, passed away at the the of 99.
9/22/1988PM announces Government's decision to drop Defamation Bill.
10/16/1990Dr. Nelson Mandela, conferred with 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour.
7/30/1987India says it will revive the 'Agni' IRBM programe.
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
12/29/1996Trishul', surface-to-air missile successfully tested.