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Historical Event on 10/26/1961
Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/1/2000 | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister for Sports, releases the CBI report on match-fixing in New Delhi. |
| 8/29/1974 | Lokdal Party established under the presidency of Chaudhary Charansingh. |
| 8/27/1859 | Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, was born. |
| 6/7/1984 | Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. |
| 10/3/1978 | Dr. Subhas Mukhopadhyay claimed the credit of India's first and the birth of world's second test-tube baby Durga Agrawal, who was born in Belle Vue Nursing Home in Calcutta. |
| 7/18/1980 | Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), died. |
| 11/25/1995 | The four-states of Gujarat, Goa, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh proposes trade bloc for western States (Western Regional Cooperation). |
| 5/23/1984 | Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat. |
| 7/13/1990 | Boby Talyarkhan, famous sports critic and author, died. |
| 10/5/1676 | East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay. |
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