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Historical Event on 12/26/1986

Consumer Rights Act was passed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1955Indian Government declared in Lok Sabha that Portuguese's were asked to close their offices in New Delhi.
9/1/1947Indian Standard Time was adopted.
7/30/1957Export Risk Insurance Corporation of India was established through which exporting materials were insured.
8/16/1996CBI raids house of former minister Sukh Ram and finds cash and jewellery to the tune of Rs. 3 crore.
2/13/1713Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.
10/10/1970Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
1/18/1959Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good.
6/2/1908Sri Aurobindo, freedom fighter, was arrested in Manik Tala Bomb explosion case.
9/9/2000Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship.
5/22/1940Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970).