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Historical Event on 4/26/1952
India says U.N. may disintegrate if powers block consideration of issues in small countries.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/20/1900 | Sumitranandan Pant was born. |
| 6/24/1986 | Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave. |
| 12/6/1971 | US bars aid to India for aggression against Pakistan. |
| 12/6/1952 | First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed. |
| 8/1/1970 | Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan. |
| 10/23/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN. |
| 3/10/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee agrees to form a government with 252 members including the BJP and it's allies. |
| 11/6/1985 | Sanjeev Kumar, film actor, died. |
| 1/8/1992 | Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent. |
| 8/23/1994 | Arati Gupta (Saha) succumbed to an incurable jaundice. (29-9-99). |
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