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Historical Event on 10/26/1961
Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
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| 2/23/1993 | Pre-budget Economic Survey proposes closure of sick PSE and rationalisation of tax and interests rates. |
| 3/21/1791 | Tipu Sultan capitulated to Lord Cornwallis. |
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| 6/16/1997 | P. Sukumaran (50), Malayalam film actor, died in Kochi. |
| 8/26/1997 | Vice President Krishan Kant takes over as Chairman of Rajya Sabha. |
| 8/26/1997 | Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab. |
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