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Historical Event on 4/26/1993

Indian Airlines' IC 491 crashes at Aurangabad, killing 55 passengers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/6/1997Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) inaugurated in Mauritius.
11/16/1877Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat
2/10/1859General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny.
11/14/1957Children's Day.
9/26/1992Indian Airlines hike fare by 9 percent.
3/22/199957 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district.
1/9/1904Pratab Singh Chaudhari, social worker, was born at Multan, Punjab .
9/13/1997India drubs Maldives in SAFF football final in Kathmandu.
5/2/1930Riots break out in Amritsar.
1/19/1985Dr. P. C. Alexander, principal secretary to the PM, quits following the arrest of three aides in an espionage case.