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Historical Event on 8/7/1990
Govt. 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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/7/1991 | Salauddin and his wife Neena create a world record by travelling in a Nissan car. |
| 7/5/1992 | Bahadur Prasad at London sets record for 3000m in 7.56.74. |
| 3/20/1959 | For the first time, officials of the Indian government confirmed reports of widespread resistance to the Chinese occupying forces in Tibet. Open warfare erupted in the capital city of Lhasa. |
| 9/1/1893 | Kashinath Tryambak Telang, first Maharashtrian Chief Justice of Mumbai High Court, died. |
| 5/31/1998 | B. R. Rawat, an Indian diplomat, is assaulted by a Pakistani private security guard in Islamabad. |
| 6/8/1929 | Ventappa Musandra Muddiah, cricketer (Indian off-spinner in 2 Tests 1959-61), was born in Bangalore. |
| 12/14/1984 | First MIG 27M aircraft assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. takes off. |
| 2/2/1862 | Pandit Shambhunath was the first Indian to become Judge of Indian High Court. |
| 8/21/1978 | Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets. |
| 10/13/1987 | Kishore Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, died in Bombay. |
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