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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
5/2/1908Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot.
12/17/1933Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut.
4/14/1990Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore.
9/2/1911Chamaklal Dahyabhai Vyas, great poet, was born at Gujarat, Vyara.
11/2/1774Lord Robert Clive, one of the founders of British Rule in India, British Army Chief and Diplomat, died. He committed suicide in England at the age of 49 under strain of ill health and charges of his misdeeds in India.
9/9/1898Explosive Department of India was established at Nagpur. This is presently under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
6/20/1939Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer - pace bowler for India in the 60s, was born in Bombay
9/5/1998University and college teachers affiliated to the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations call off their nation-wide strike.
7/24/1991Union budget imposes all-round price hike.
6/30/1914Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa.