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Historical Event on 1/26/1995

Three powerful bombs rip through a celebration at a sports stadium in Kashmir as the State Governor addresses the crowd;7 people killed and 47 injured.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/13/1935Chandra Prakash Gupta, great educationist, was born at Gaini in UP.
12/26/1989India debars Bofors from future contracts until they come out clean.
12/11/1987Rajiv Government defeats the first ever no-confidence motion.
4/29/1848Raja Ravi Verma, famous classic, prolific painter and great Indian Artist, was born in Kilimanoor, Kerala.
10/20/1998Security forces unearth 770 kg of RDX and plastic explosives in the Tangmay area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir.
10/11/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.
3/26/1991Chautala loses majority after the disqualification of three Janata Dal (S) members. Janata Party merges with Janata Dal (S).
4/16/1930Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.
9/21/1997I. K. Gujral and Nawaz Sharif discussed in New York the recent flare-up on Line of Control and firing across the border.The two agreed that such sources of tension should not be allowed.