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Historical Event on 10/26/1946

27 die as violence between Hindus and Muslims continued in Calcutta.

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7/10/1965First NCC (National Cadet Corps) College for training girls started at Gwalior.
4/15/1962S. S. Khera was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 18-11-1964.
3/10/2000Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999.
10/17/1859Keshavlal Harshrai Dhruv, researcher and translator, was born.
10/12/2000A Special Court sentences former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Home Minister Buta Singh to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs. 2 lakhs each in the 'JMM MPs' bribery case'.
2/17/1998Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league match in Chennai was abandoned owing to pitch tampering.
3/3/1997Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, arrives in New Delhi.
12/6/2000The Supreme Court gives a clean chit to former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao upholding the trial court's order, and discharging him and former Union Minister K.K. Tewary from the 'St.Kitts forgery case'.
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10/6/1949Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of National Defence Academy in Kharakvasla near Pune.