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Historical Event on 7/26/1991
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka observe bandh over Cauvery water issue.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/14/1880 | Satish Chandra Dasgupta, rural Scientist, was born. |
| 7/29/1979 | Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
| 11/17/1994 | Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman. |
| 5/6/1952 | Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education. |
| 1/26/1988 | A Post Office was established at Dakshin Gangotri under the Goa Postal Division. (11-7-89). |
| 5/2/1974 | 700 union leaders arrested in a move to avert a rail strike in New Delhi. |
| 2/7/1995 | Cong-I Disciplinary Action Committee expels Arjun Singh from the primary membership for 6 years for anti-party activities. |
| 1/8/1906 | Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated. |
| 2/6/1954 | Kashmir Assembly accepts re-unification with India. |
| 5/30/1999 | India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions. |
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