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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
8/19/1993Sharad Pawar elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council from Pune.
8/9/1996Unofficial estimates put black money in the country at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\% of GDP.
9/16/2000In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution.
12/29/1927Hakim Ajmal Khan, freedom fighter, litterateur and a true patriot, died.
4/6/1992Nagpur edition of Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' was started.
12/11/1996T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner.
8/17/1996CBI seizes another Rs. 65 lakhs from Sukh Ram's residence.
11/19/1978Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for second time.
5/26/1931One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras.
10/1/1997Gerhard Fischer, social worker, nominated for Gandhi peace prize. The 76-year-old German "Ambassador of Humanity'' was unanimously chosen for his contribution for social, economic and political transformation through non-violence