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Historical Event on 5/26/1993
The Centre decides to implement the Mandal Commission recommendation to provide 27\% reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes in the Central Services from 15th June.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/4/1990 | V. P. Singh resigns as party president, but asked to continue. |
| 12/26/1986 | Consumer Rights Act was passed. |
| 4/16/1974 | Dr. Sarvapalli Radhanakrishnan, former President of India, Philosophist and litterateur, passed away. |
| 9/6/1999 | Vyjayanthimala Bali, former Congress (I) MP, joins the BJP. |
| 11/14/1957 | Children's Day. |
| 12/10/1997 | Salman Haidar appointed India's High Commissioner to Britain. He succeeded M. L. Singhvi. |
| 3/23/2000 | Udham Singh (72), hockey legend, died at his home town in Sansarpur (near Jalandhar). |
| 1/28/1937 | Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born. |
| 5/19/1913 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, President of India, was born. |
| 5/8/1933 | Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables. |
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