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Historical Event on 10/26/1995

India decides to go ahead with Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme in the wake of US stand to supply $370 million arms package to Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/1/1996Three national parties (Indira Congress, Janata Party and Samata Party) to lose their recognition as national parties as they failed to get the minimum required support in the general election to the 11th Lok Sabha.
10/23/1996Shankarsinh Waghela (Mahagujarat Janata party), new chief minister, sworn in at Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
5/30/1887The 7th Battalion of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment was raised as 37 DOGRAS by Lt. Col V. Rivas at Sialkot.
11/1/1996Michael Jackson show at Andheri sports complex in Mumbai.
5/21/1994The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges.
1/22/1996Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case).
3/31/1994U.R. Rao, retiring ISRO Chairman, announces agreement with Russia for supplying 7 cryogenic engines.
3/8/1864Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912.
2/16/1997Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.
3/23/2000Udham Singh (72), hockey legend, died at his home town in Sansarpur (near Jalandhar).