| | 1 | ''''1993: Key Events''' |
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| | 3 | * Communal violence spreads in Bombay and Ahmedabad, with the Bombay death toll in the aftermath of the Ayodhya riots rising to 550. |
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| | 5 | * The movie star Sanjay Dutt is arrested under the TADA Act. The Government of India decides to implement the Mandal Commission recommendations, providing for 27% reserva- tion for socially and educationally backward castes in the Central Services. |
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| | 7 | * The Hazratbal mosque in Kashmir is taken over by terrorists. |
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| | 9 | * The Latur earthquake obliterates over 40 villages in Maharashtra. |
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| | 11 | * Bill to regulate Cable TV introduced in the Lok Sabha. |
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| | 13 | * Five more Doordarshan channels are launched. Murdoch’s STAR-TV acquires 49.9% shares in the ZEE-TV network. |
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| | 15 | * Controversy over the ‘Choli ke peeche’ song in Subhash Ghai’s Khalnayak. |