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Historical Event on 10/26/1995

India decides to go ahead with Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme in the wake of US stand to supply $370 million arms package to Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1992Dr. Anita B. Bose-Pfaff, daughter of Netaji, declines to accept the 'Bharat Ratna' conferred on her father.
7/12/1932The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.
12/31/1988Nuclear Fuel Complex was established in Hyderabad.
9/30/1961Chandrakant Sitaram Pandit, occasional Indian cricket wicket-keeper (late 80's), was born in Bombay.
6/19/1947Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay.
2/12/1993Kapil Dev crosses 400 wickets and 5000 runs in test cricket.
1/27/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, opposes any tinkering with the Constitution.
3/5/1868Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar alias Save Dada, who filmed the felicitation function of Wrangler R. P. Paranjapye, was born. This film was titled as ""The Fresh Indian Regular of Cambridge University."" He was the First Short Documentary Film Maker of India.
7/10/1984White Paper on Punjab released by Union Government.
6/24/1966Atul Chandrakant Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman from 1994), was born in Bombay.