| Date | Event Name |
| 03/26/1918 |
Vanavihari B.N. Sundara Rao, great author and journalist, was born at Varthur, Bangalore. |
| 03/26/1931 |
New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies. |
| 03/26/1938 |
Laxminath Bezbarua, great littearateur of modern Assamia language, passed away. |
| 03/26/1942 |
Indira Gandhi, third Prime Minister of India, was married to Feroze Gandhi. |
| 03/26/1969 |
Romesh Chandra, secretary general of the World Peace Council, receives the Lenin prize |
| 03/26/1969 |
Vikram Rathour, cricketer (Indian Test opening batsman 1996-), was born in Jalandhar. |
| 03/26/1972 |
The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri. |
| 03/26/1977 |
Morarji Desai, the new Prime Minister, forms his Cabinet. |
| 03/26/1980 |
Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police). |
| 03/26/1987 |
Hyderabad beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy. |
| 03/26/1989 |
Eighth Antarctica Expedition returns after erecting India's second permanent manned station 'Maitri'. |
| 03/26/1990 |
Pratap Singh Rane,Goa CM, resigns. |
| 03/26/1990 |
Sangma Ministry quits in Meghalaya. B. B. Lyngdoh is new CM. |
| 03/26/1990 |
Maniben Patel, daughter of Sardar Vallabhai Patel, passed away. |
| 03/26/1991 |
Chautala loses majority after the disqualification of three Janata Dal (S) members. Janata Party merges with Janata Dal (S). |
| 03/26/1992 |
Accord with Bangladesh on Tin Bigha. |
| 03/26/1992 |
Rs. 245 crore relief in customs, excise duties announced. |
| 03/26/1993 |
Surajkund AICC okays dual posts for Narasimha Rao. |
| 03/26/1996 |
Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar announces retirement from international cricket. |
| 03/26/1996 |
The 3-day old Hazratbal shrine crisis ends, as the militants holed up in the shrine come out of it. |
| 03/26/1997 |
Andhra Pradesh Assembly passes a Bill to amend the Prohibition Act, ending the state's 2-year experiment with total prohibition. |
| 03/26/1997 |
Russia agrees to help India in developing a state-of-the-art integrated air defence system, even as the two agree to carry military cooperation into the 21st century during the visit of Prime Minister Deve Gowda. |
| 03/26/1999 |
14 tonnes of heavy water leaked into the second unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam during an in-service inspection. |
| 03/26/1999 |
Indian Airlines regained the National hockey men's title in Hyderabad. |
