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Historical Event on 8/26/1997

Vice President Krishan Kant takes over as Chairman of Rajya Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1996S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president.
4/1/1869Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation.
12/17/1972New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan.
8/17/1986In the Jehovah's Witnesses' case, the Supreme Court rules that ""singing National Anthem is not obligatory"".
1/24/1857Calcutta University established.
12/22/1928An Alpine Romance', a 709 feet long sound film produced by Universal Picture Corporation, America, was the first sound film censored at Bombay on December 22. The other sound films censored on the same day were 'The Brox Sisters' and 'Bailey and Barnum.'
10/1/1993The two helicopters along with the first batch of fifteen personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. The two helicopters were provided by 111 HU.
8/22/1979Neelam Sanjeev Reddy, President of India, dissolves the sixth Lok Sabha, orders year-end general elections and asks Charan Singh to head a caretaker government.
10/2/1934Indian Naval Force was established.
8/3/199835 persons were killed as Govind Towers at Bandra in Mumbai collapsed.