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Historical Event on 2/26/1966

34 national leaders charge Indira Gandhi's rule is 'constitutional dictatorship'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/7/1799Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers.
9/13/1984Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement.
11/5/1930Arjun Singh, leader of Madhya Pradesh, was born.
12/15/1965Third cyclone of the year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges river.
7/19/1965Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away.
7/19/1965Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan.
1/22/1901Queen Victoria (1819-1901) passed away at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, South England, after a brief illness. She had been throned for almost 64 years, which is the longest reign in British history. She had given her name to an age ""Victorian Britain"".
6/3/1972First British designed Indian built mordern warship of the Leander class, 'INS Nilgiri' commissioned Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was completely made in Mazgaon Dock, Mumbai.
7/13/1990Union Ministers Arun Nehru, Arif Mohammed Khan and Satpal Malik submitted their resignation in protest against O.P.Chautala's taking over as CM of Haryana.
4/30/1996CBI concludes after 11 1/2 years of investigation that no espionage has taken place in what was dubbed the `ISRO spy scandal case'.