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Historical Event on 6/19/1990
NDC approves approach paper to the Eighth Plan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/18/1993 | Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"". |
| 9/1/1962 | Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur. |
| 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. |
| 10/26/1950 | Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India. |
| 5/24/1999 | Noted wrestling coach Dronacharya awardee Guru Hanuman passed away in a road accident near Meerut. |
| 3/20/1993 | Memon brothers, the prime suspects in the Bombay bomb blasts, escape from Dubai. |
| 10/4/1977 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, External Affairs Minister of India, addressed the UNO General Assembly in Hindi language. |
| 6/16/1934 | M. Muthuraman, noted Hindi writer and professor, was born at Dindigul in Madurai (Tamil Nadu). |
| 4/19/1993 | Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle. |
| 4/13/1984 | Kerala Government drops Silent Valley Project and declares the entire area a national park. |
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