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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
1/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
6/25/1922Satyendranath Datta, famous Bengali poet, passed away.
7/21/1930Anand Bakshi, famous lyrisist, was born.
3/25/1989India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation.
8/30/1992The first Indian-built ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) successfully flown in Bangalore.
10/15/1997Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things'
1/8/1890Ramchandra Varma, renowned editor, was born. He also has the credit in making the Hindi Dictionary.
9/19/1996India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India.
7/29/1994Opposition stalls parliament proceedings over the 'Action Taken Report' on JPC finding.
7/29/1994Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj.
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