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Historical Event on 2/20/1994

Government makes the first appointment under 27\% reservation for Other Backward Classes in Central Services and Public Sector Undertaking.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/19/1905Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London.
8/26/1975Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, died.
12/11/1876Raobahadur Yeshwantrao Harishchandra Desai, famous architect, was born.
11/25/1998Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways.
5/12/1906Gandhiji support the ""Home Rule"" for India in the name of ''justice and for good of humanity"".
12/23/2000The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''.
7/5/1990G. C. Saxena, J&K Governor, promulgates J&K Disturbed Areas Act, 1990, declaring several districts as disturbed area.
1/6/1987Establishment of 'Maharashtra Journalist Fund' Trust.
10/25/1999Pramod Mahajan, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, says, ""No objection to Bofors discussion.
12/13/1978Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.