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Historical Event on 10/20/1999

The Centre accepts the recommendations of the Backward Classes Commission on the inclusion of Jats and other backward classes (OBCs) in Rajasthan except Bharatpur and Dholpur districts.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/27/1998India retains the Asia Cup tennis championship in Delhi beating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final.
4/5/1922Pandita Ramabai, social worker and philosophist, passed away.
3/22/1949SSC Examination system started.
12/6/1732Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of East India Company in India, was born in Churchill village of Oxfordshire in UK.
3/23/1967Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970).
2/11/1993Kamal Amrohi, famous film producer, director and writer, died at the age of 76 years. He is famous for his Hindi films such as Mahal (1949), Pakeezah (1972) and Razia Sultan (1983). He also established Kamal Pictures (Mahal Films) in 1953 and Kamalistan Studio in Bombay in 1958.
1/31/1969Saint Meherbaba passed away.
5/14/1956Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.
7/25/1992K. Madhavan, CBI Jt. Director looking into the security scam, resigns.