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Historical Event on 4/26/1908
Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/29/1994 | Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic. |
| 2/12/1996 | Former Union Minister Kalpanath Rai sent to Tihai jail for allegedly harbouring members of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim's gang. |
| 7/20/1982 | Mira Behn (90), disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. |
| 3/28/1998 | The BJP-led alliance survived its first test of trust with the support of Chandrababu Naidu's Telgu Desam Party. Jayalalitha continues to call the shots. |
| 1/25/1917 | Captain P.K. Sahgal, freedom fighter who attended Indian Military Academy course at Dehradun, was born at Hoshiarpur. |
| 3/31/1935 | 374 infants wed at a mass ceremony. |
| 5/16/1996 | Atal Krishna Behari Vajpayee, leader of Bharatiya Janta Party, becomes the 10th Prime Minister for 13 days (from May 16, 1996 to May 28, 1996 [techinally till 01-06-1996]), although his ability to govern effectively is in doubt. |
| 4/22/1812 | Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born. |
| 3/10/1991 | The Army Dental Corps celebrates its Golden Jubilee and proudly recounts its past glory. |
| 5/18/1999 | R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai. |
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