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Historical Event on 4/26/1995

SAARC decides to launch South Asia Preferential Trade Area (SAPTA).

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/16/1913Kasturba Gandhi was arrested.
4/13/1971Carlton Chapman, Indian Soccer (Football) player, was born in Bangalore, Karnataka.
4/14/1925Harisingh Gogumal Kishanchand, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52), was born in Karachi.
10/16/1959National Council of Women's Education was inaugurated in New Delhi.
1/10/1955The Auxiliary Air Force squadrons were equipped with the HAL-designed HT-2 trainer - officially introduced into service.
6/6/1903A full length theatre plays like 'Bankimchandrer Sitararn', 'Alibaba' , 'Bhramar', 'Hariraj' , 'Sarla' and 'Buddhadeb' were released at Classic Theatre. These plays were picturised by Hiralal Sen with support of great dramatist Amar Nath Dutt. The main roles were performed by Amar Dutt, N.C. Basu and Kusum Kumari and rest of the characters belonged to the Classic Theatre of Calcutta. They received a great applause from the audience.
5/22/1963Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur.
11/19/1975Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and film actress, was born.
10/14/1999Sheikh Shamim, an Indian, is hanged for espionage in Pakistan.
4/15/1956A combined army and police action against well armed Naga rebels.