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Historical Event on 12/26/1985

Rajiv Gandhi and Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq meet in Delhi and agree not to attack nuclear plants in each other's country.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/20/1873Young Men Christian Association of India was established in Calcutta.
3/25/1989India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation.
1/26/2000Mr. K. Vadivel Raj gets the 1999 Kabir Puraskar for rescuing 11 persons of another community during caste violence in September 1998 in a village in Tamil Nadu.
12/3/1979Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.
2/3/1916Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya.
4/1/1969India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore.
3/1/1998Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda.
3/4/1990V. P. Singh resigns as party president, but asked to continue.
3/30/1993India forgoes Narmada loan balance because of World Bank's strict regulations.
1/21/1981Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, passed away.