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Historical Event on 8/26/1997
Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/21/1971 | Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown. |
| 12/9/1994 | Gorprasad Ghosh, famous Orriya film actor, director and producer, passed away. |
| 5/16/1946 | Gandhiji's Cabinet Mission announces Plan. |
| 9/22/1931 | Gandhi meets Charlie Chaplin in London. |
| 1/11/1996 | Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi. |
| 6/12/1997 | Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died. |
| 1/23/1897 | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader and freedom fighter, was born at Cuttack. At the age of 23, he was ranked fourth in the I.C.S. Examination in London and fought against the British with his Azad Hind Fauj in the second World War. |
| 11/12/1781 | Nagapatnam of South India was captured by the British troops. |
| 12/11/1991 | R. G. Sardesai, veteran journalist, died. |
| 4/4/1951 | West Germany establishes full diplomatic relations with India. |
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