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Historical Event on 8/22/2000

Parliament okays two Constitutional Amendment Bills restoring relaxations in marks for promotion in government jobs to SC/STs and exempting Arunachal from reservation for SCs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/1972Pakistani troops shell into the Indian zone of Kashmir.
1/18/1995Kumble takes 16-99 in a match for Karnataka vs Kerala.
1/18/1995Jalal'ud-din Firuz Khalji establishes the Khalji dynasty at Delhi.
11/9/1993Tamil Nadu Assembly urges the Centre to amend Constitution to retain 69\% reservation for backward classes.
6/6/1990GOI decides to extend validity of passports to 10 years.
7/14/1997Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots.
1/28/1951Kashmir issue taken up in UN security council.
5/15/2000Ghulam Hassan Bhat, Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Power, dies in a powerful IED explosion near Mandipore in Anantnag.
2/18/1911Captain Vasudev Belwalkar, who had also written the novels on history and war, was born.
6/8/1936Akashwani Radio was later changed into All India Radio (AIR) in 1958.