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Historical Event on 12/26/1989
India debars Bofors from future contracts until they come out clean.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/16/1997 | K. R. Narayanan, Vice-President, is the joint candidate of Congress(I) and United Front for Presidentship in July 14 election. |
| 12/20/1978 | Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment. |
| 12/4/1829 | Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre) |
| 8/25/1888 | Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, was born. |
| 6/29/1976 | Sandhya Chib, Miss India-Universe (1996), was born. |
| 10/14/1885 | Mukandi Lal, famous Hindi writer, was born in Chamoli at U.P. |
| 11/9/1990 | Vishwanath Pratap Singh resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India after losing the Vote of Confidence moved against him. |
| 7/23/1976 | Hari Chand at Montreal sets record for 10,000m in 28.48.72. |
| 6/5/1998 | Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997. |
| 12/31/1910 | Mallikarjun Bhimramaiya Mansoor, famous singer of ""Jaipur Gharana"", was born. |
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