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Historical Event on 3/26/1996

The 3-day old Hazratbal shrine crisis ends, as the militants holed up in the shrine come out of it.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/16/1999The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched.
10/10/1970Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
5/27/1992M. L. Manchanda, AIR's Patiala engineer who was kidnapped by Babbar Khalsa militants, was found executed.
9/16/1997Rajeev Balakrishnan sets 100m national mark in the ITC International Athletics meet.
5/18/1926Naranjan Bhagat, famous Gujrathi poet, was born.
8/29/2000Supreme Court releases of 115 'Veerappan aides' on bail or otherwise till further orders.
2/15/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema.
5/12/1952Washington welcomes its first female ambassador, India's Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.
2/7/1864P. S. S. Iyyer, famous lawyer and educationalist, was born.
4/1/1941Ajit Laxman Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt and Team Manager), was born in Bombay. He has received the Arjun Award (1967) and Padmashree (1972).