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Historical Event on 9/26/1996

Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1988Sikh extremists kill the chief priest of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
4/2/1992Agajan Baig (Aga), famous Hindi film actor, passed away.
1/6/1972America declared Naval Drill in the Indian Ocean.
8/16/1932Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.
6/9/1998Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days.
9/25/1990Sabyasachi Mukherji, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, aged 63, died in London.
1/25/1856Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.
4/2/1948Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay.
7/28/1912Ramchandra Gondo Ginde, famous neuro surgeon, was born.
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.