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Historical Event on 3/26/1997

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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/1901Tarkatirtha Laxmanshastri Joshi, the great thinker, master of Sanskrit and editor of Marathi Vishwakosh, was born.
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
10/6/2000Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress chief, withdraws her resignation from the Union Cabinet of Ministers.
5/2/1992President J.B.Patnaik, former Orissa CM and PCC (I), arrested on corruption charges.
3/16/1928C.V. Raman announced his discovery of ''new radiation'' to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore.
9/21/1997Mahesh Bhupathi wins a cliff-hanger as India clinches Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against Chile 3-2 in Delhi.
7/25/1997Laloo Yadav resigns as Bihar Chief Minister after CBI-designated court issues an arrest warrant against him in fodder scam case. His wife, Rabri Devi, is sworn in as his successor. She becomes first woman Chief Minister of the State.
1/23/1976Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation.
5/7/1994Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India.
2/13/1994Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence.