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Historical Event on 11/20/1969
The Union Home Ministry decides to reserve posts for SC\STs in the public sector undertakings.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/27/1960 | Presidential orders were issued on the report of the Committee of Parliament on official Languages which includes issues relating to preparation of terminology (Hindi glossaries, Hindia translation of codes and procedural literature, imparting training in Hindi to employees propagation of Hindi, language of bills, language to be used in the Supreme Court and High Court etc). |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
| 9/29/1993 | JD, JD(A) and SJP merge to fight BJP in the assembly elections. |
| 4/21/1991 | Hastmalji Maharaj, Jainbhumi parampujya, passed away. |
| 1/3/1997 | Jayalalitha, former Tamil Nadu CM, inprisoned for 27 days, released on bail. |
| 5/13/1648 | Redfort construction was completed |
| 4/4/1926 | Martial law is declared in Calcutta as rioting continues. |
| 4/26/1945 | Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras. |
| 4/26/1945 | Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same. |
| 4/30/1992 | Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes. |
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