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Historical Event on 1/29/1953

Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kaka Saheb"" was appointed as the Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1931The second round of a British-Indian conference on the political future of India collapsed in disagreement over demands by Indian nationalists for complete independence. The British government had seemed willing to grant a limited dominion status. But Mahatma Gandhi, who had come to the conference to present the demands of the All-India Nationalist Congress, refused to accept anything less than complete independence. The breakdown of the talks set off a new round of disorders, Gandhi was greeted by rioting in the streets of Bombay between upper-caste Hindu members of the Congress party and ""untouchable"" caste members who had turned against him.
3/22/1977Ayillyath Kuttiari Goplan, freedom fighter, social reformer and Marxist leader, passed away in Trivandrum.
8/7/1990Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission.
12/20/1956Saint Gadgebaba died.
2/14/1985Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
4/27/1878Calcutta University started Women's Education, and allowed women to appear in the Entrance Examination.
6/25/2000India lifts the Asia Cup sub-junior hockey championship in Kuala Lumpur.
10/9/1964K. M. George established the Kerala Congress Party.
4/28/1936Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born.
3/16/1998Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.