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Historical Event on 3/26/1996

Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar announces retirement from international cricket.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/9/1946Demonstrations were held against the trial of the INA men. The ratings and a few units of the Royal Indian Navy rise in open Mutiny in Mumbai harbours.
12/12/1959Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President, came to India.
10/29/1929Vyankat Chalaiyya Manipalli Narayan Chalaiyya, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
10/5/1997Kiran Bedi, India's first woman police officer, was awarded the Joseph Beuys prize for her work in reforming the largest prison of the country.
11/28/1990President's rule imposed in Assam. Assembly kept in suspended animation. United Liberation Front of Assam and National Socialist Council of Nagaland banned.
6/3/1998The naval version of the surface-to-air missile, Trishul, is test-fired in Kochi.
1/26/1931Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison.
4/23/1946Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, exchanging its Spitfire Vllls for Mk XlVs in October and arriving in Japan aboard HMS vengence.
7/18/1634Joannes Camphuys, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1684-91), was born.
11/27/1998India retains the Asia Cup tennis championship in Delhi beating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final.