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Historical Event on 4/26/1995

Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/11/1991Resident Editor of Nagpur Times Ramnarayan Dube assassinated.
2/11/1993Naik sacks six ministers in Maharashtra.
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
2/20/1950Sarat Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, journalist, leader and elder brother of Subhashchandra Bose, passed away.
9/13/1998Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand is appointed Chief Justice of India.
8/11/1954Madireddy Venkateshwar Narasimha Rao, cricketer (Indian leg-spin all-rounder 1978-79), was born in Secunderabad.
11/9/1999Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour.
5/18/1912Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay.
7/6/1992The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers.
10/29/1999The Anubhav Group chairman C. Natesan was arrested by the Mumbai Police on alleged charges of duping investors to the tune of Rs. 1.16 crore.