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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
12/15/1997Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University.
2/8/1967Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd.
8/13/1928Nationalists issue a draft constitution calling for dominion status and a two-chamber parliament.
5/12/1906Gandhiji support the ""Home Rule"" for India in the name of ''justice and for good of humanity"".
12/20/1931Leela Nag (Leela Roy), freedom fighter and editor of Jayshri, was arrested in Bengal for her association with ""Depali Sangh"" who supported Chatgang Ammunition Plot against the Bengal Government.
10/26/1969Neil Armstrong, the first men to land on Moon by 'Apollo II ', and Edwin Aldrin came to Bombay.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
8/6/1996SC asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to I.T. department.
8/6/1996Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India .
10/19/1875The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic.