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Historical Event on 12/26/1978

Indira Gandhi released after week in jail for refusing to testify on corruption.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1947A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab.
7/25/1992Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma sworn in as the ninth President of India. He remain in this office from July 25, 1992 to July 25, 1997.
6/13/1998India rejects G-8 prescriptions saying they are ''coercive and intrusive'' and intend to freeze the nuclear weapon capabilities of New Delhi and Islamabad.
10/2/1951Dr. Shyamprasad Mukharjee established Bhartiya JanSangh Party.
12/4/1888Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, was born.
7/6/1944Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.
6/10/1832Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India), was born.
9/7/1988President's rule in Mizoram.
4/20/1930The Viceroy imposes an ordinance for the suppression of terrorism, following a series of attacks.
6/11/1999India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men.