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Historical Event on 11/20/1969

The Union Home Ministry decides to reserve posts for SC\STs in the public sector undertakings.

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8/13/1998India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million.
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9/1/1965Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born.
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
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10/22/1997Faced with unprecedented Presidential rebuff, a divided U.F. Government reversed decision on invoking Article 356 in Uttar Pradesh. Kalyan Singh government survived.
8/13/1963Sisir Kumar Mitra, Physics scientist, died at the age of 73.
12/13/1978Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.
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