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Historical Event on 4/26/1995

Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/23/1947Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was sworn is as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.
10/1/1993The IAF joined in peace keeping duties in Somalia as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations.
7/7/1910'Bharat History Research Mandal' was established.
6/4/1992Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested.
11/23/1991India decides to upgrade its ties with the Soviet Republics.
8/8/1911Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.
2/2/1996Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair.
11/20/1993RBI clears two more private banks: The Times Bank Ltd. and the Indus Ind Bank Ltd.
6/19/1991Sudhakar Rao Naik (Cong-I) sworn in as the Maharashtra CM.
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.