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Historical Event on 5/26/1993
The Centre decides to implement the Mandal Commission recommendation to provide 27\% reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes in the Central Services from 15th June.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/29/1983 | Indira Gandhi names 12 new ministers as Cabinet resigns. |
11/16/1908 | Bommi Narsingh Reddy, famous film story writer, was born. |
4/15/1997 | Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI. |
1/1/1989 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"". |
7/18/1987 | Arun Singh, union minister of state for defence, resigns from the cabinet. |
5/22/1961 | Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento. |
8/21/2000 | Uma Bharti, the sanyasin Member of Parliament of the BJP, resigns from the Lok Sabha and the party's national executive comittee. |
4/8/1950 | Nehru and Ali Khan sign the Indo-Pakistani Pact. |
2/25/1970 | Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, passed away. |
7/10/1991 | C. G. Pandit, famous scientist and Padmabhushan awardee, died. |
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