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Historical Event on 12/26/1991

Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/8/1932Indian Air Force Act was passed.
1/1/1965This year was announced to be observed as the ""Year of International Co-operation"".
2/20/2000Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court's order quashing charges framed against the former Chief Minister, Mr. S. Bangarappa, and directs the trial court to proceed in the corruption case.
11/1/1996Three national parties (Indira Congress, Janata Party and Samata Party) to lose their recognition as national parties as they failed to get the minimum required support in the general election to the 11th Lok Sabha.
1/25/1930Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP.
1/20/1999Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award.
10/24/1995A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
1/8/2000The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain.
5/2/1981Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, passed away.