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Historical Event on 12/26/1997

Four MPs - Mr. Suresh Kalmadi from Pune, Mr. Anadi Charan Sahu from Cuttack, Mr. Mohan Delkar from Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Mr. Gopal Tandel from Daman & Diu- resign from Congress(I).

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/3/1971Third Pakistani aggression begins with air attacks on airports in the western sector; emergency declared.
10/1/1847Annie Besant, famous philosopher and thesophist, was born in London.
8/18/1979Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died.
7/11/1882Baba Kanshi Ram, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Dada Siba village, Tehsil Dehra District, Kangra.
12/16/1867Amy Carmichael, Scotch Irish missionary, was born. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid during her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from the Hindus.
9/18/1972India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971.
1/5/1953Andhra University celebrated its silver jubilee.
11/20/1967First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
7/8/1991L.K. Advani recognised as the leader of the Opposition of BJP in the 10th Lok Sabha.
6/24/1969Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), passed away.