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Historical Event on 5/26/1946
Gandhiji considers 'Plan' the best document produced by British Government under the circumstances.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/31/1962 | Krishna Menon, Home Minister, resign due to attack by China. |
| 7/2/1993 | Delhi High Court stays the Lok Sabha Speaker's order disqualifying four Janata Dal MPs under the anti-defection law. |
| 8/30/1979 | Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'. |
| 9/14/1997 | Catholic churches in Kerala introduce the system of serving the holy Eucharist in the palm of the faithful instead of on the tongue. |
| 2/22/1873 | Sir Muhammad Ekbal, writer of song 'Sare Jahanse Achha', was born. |
| 6/28/1986 | Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too. |
| 10/16/1990 | Om Shivpuri, famous film and theatre artist, died. |
| 9/14/1992 | The government allows foreign investors to enter the Indian capital market; incentives offered. |
| 6/6/1909 | Morappakam Joysam Gopalan, cricketer (1 Test India v England 1933-34), was born in Maduranthakam, Madras. |
| 4/14/2000 | The AIADMK expels senior leaders Sedapatti R. Muthiah, S. Raghupathy and Karuppusamy Pandian for ''anti-party activities''. |
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