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Historical Event on 7/26/1991

Tamil Nadu and Karnataka observe bandh over Cauvery water issue.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1999Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.
3/1/1993India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arjun'.
4/22/1942Galagnath (Vyanktesh Tirko Kulkarni), famous Kannad novelist, passed away.
2/1/1969Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.
5/21/1991Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated by human bomb explosion plotted by LTTE at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, 40 km from Madras, at 10.20 P.M.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
10/5/1990Parliament passed the 76th Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months from November 10, 1990.
12/23/1964India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed.
12/23/1995The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia.
7/20/1903British to increase size of Royal Army in India.