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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 |
| 3/1/1640 | Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras. |
| 12/8/1942 | Hemant Shamsunder Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974), was born in Amravati, Maharashtra. |
| 7/18/1993 | Dr. Banoo Coyaji, 75, gets Magsaysay Award for Public Service. |
| 2/25/1910 | Dalai Lama, Tibeten monk, flees from Chinese troops and takes refuge in India. |
| 3/6/1915 | Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan. |
| 3/23/1942 | Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean. |
| 9/11/1967 | China and India exchange artillery fire on Sikkim-Tibet border. |
| 8/18/1920 | Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding. |
| 2/8/1785 | Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left India. |
| 10/3/1903 | Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationist, was born. |
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