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Historical Event on 8/26/1996

Supreme Court asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to the Income Tax department.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/17/1975Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras.
8/15/1960Maharashtra State Sahkari Grihvitta Corporation was established.
11/20/1998V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from investors, is arrested in Mumbai.
12/10/1999Pranab Mukherjee and Jaipal Reddy are chosen outstanding parliamentarians for 1997 and 1998 respectively.
12/15/1974Rasulatbai, veteran classical music expert, died.
11/27/1984Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay.
10/6/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes.
4/15/1947The new Indian Parliament appeals for non-violence.
4/6/1992Nagpur edition of Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' was started.
6/1/1980AIADMK wins Tamil Nadu Assembly election; Congress (I) wins in U.P, M.P, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Maharashtra and Orissa.