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Historical Event on 12/26/1978

Indira Gandhi released after week in jail for refusing to testify on corruption.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/14/1868Swami Virjanand, Sanskrit grammar litterateur and master, passed away at the age of 90.
7/25/1997Kocheril Raman Narayanan (K. R. Narayanan) became the 10th President of India.
3/12/1988Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away.
2/25/1992Railway budget proposes 20\% hike in upper class passenger fares.
12/16/1999The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched.
8/16/1933Mahatma Gandhi goes on fast for being denied to continue the anti-untouchability propaganda.
4/15/1948Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states.
3/28/1986Extremist Sikhs kill 13 Hindus in Ludhiana, India.
12/1/1885Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar, famous Gandhian Gujrathi llitterateur and educationist, was born at Satara in Maharashtra.
12/8/1897Balkrishna Sharma ""Navin"", famous Hindi poet, was born in Bhyana village of Shajapur district in Madhya Pradesh