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In 1993, after the passage of the 73rd Constitution Amendment Bill granting 33 per cent reservation to women in local bodies, almost all the major parties promised 33 per cent reservation to women in Parliament and state legislatures in their manifestoes for the 1996 General Election

Dalit Tamil writer Poomani has won the 2014 Sahitya Akademi award for his historical novel Agnaadi. The novel covers a period of more than 170 years from the beginning of the 19th century and revolves around the lives of several families in the villages of Virudhunagar district

Feminist magazine Streekaal, Stree Ka Samay aur Sach has announced the first Savitribai Phule ideological award