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Historical Event on 12/26/1999
Shankar Dayal Sharma (81), former President of India, died in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/7/1995 | Mohammed Yousef Jameel, BBC stringer and special correspondent of The Asian Age, died in a parcel bomb explosion in Srinagar. |
| 7/6/1998 | Moshood Abiola, the detained Nigerian politician and presumed winner of the 1993 elections, died in Abuja. |
| 9/9/1850 | Bhartendu Harish Chander, father of modern Hindi literature, poet and dramatist, was born. |
| 3/22/1739 | Nadir Shah entered Delhi. He gave the signal to one of his soldiers from Sunheri mosque. |
| 5/9/1933 | Gandhiji announced suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement for six weeks and called on the Government to withdraw its Ordinances. |
| 8/4/1929 | Kishor Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, was born at Khandava. He is also rememberd as a comic actor, director and musician. |
| 11/22/1773 | Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48. |
| 2/24/1674 | Prataprao Gujar, a great Maratha warrior at the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. |
| 5/11/1987 | President's rule imposed in Punjab. |
| 10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
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