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Historical Event on 12/26/1989

Keshav Shankar Pillai, international fame cartoonist, painter, writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.

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7/11/1979The Lok Sabha commenced a four-day debate on the no-confidence motion against the 21-month-old Janata Government.
8/10/1948Atomic Energy Commission established.
12/25/1936Ismail Merchant, producer (Householder), was born in Bombay, India.
8/15/1995P.V Narasimha Rao introduces the mid-day meal scheme for the primary school children under the Central Government Welfare Programme.
4/15/1948Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states.
10/29/1929Vyankat Chalaiyya Manipalli Narayan Chalaiyya, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
1/2/1992Central Ministers Cabinet approved that elections will take place after the death of any independent candidate.
5/25/1993Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India.
3/13/1997Sister Nirmala Joshi, 63, is chosen to succeed Mother Teresa as the Superior-General of Missionaries of Charity.