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Historical Event on 3/26/1990

Sangma Ministry quits in Meghalaya. B. B. Lyngdoh is new CM.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/26/1858Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam).
1/1/1862Indian Penal Code and code of Criminal Procedure passed on October 6, 1860 came into force.
8/15/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as the first British Governor General of Indian Union and occupied this office till June 20, 1948.
7/1/1947British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.
5/17/1993Visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres signs an MOU with his Indian counterpart to end nearly 4 decades of inactivity in bilateral relation.
2/22/1854Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'.
1/29/1997Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai.
4/4/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, inaugurates Samvidhan.com, a website about the Constitution. The site is a part of the Hindi portal, Webdunia.com.
12/26/1989India debars Bofors from future contracts until they come out clean.
11/29/1962Haryana achieved their target of supplying electricity to 100\% villages.