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Historical Event on 12/26/1978

Indira Gandhi released after week in jail for refusing to testify on corruption.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
4/13/1982Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away.
1/23/1897Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader and freedom fighter, was born at Cuttack. At the age of 23, he was ranked fourth in the I.C.S. Examination in London and fought against the British with his Azad Hind Fauj in the second World War.
6/15/1991General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won.
5/14/1953Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957.
11/13/1922Mahadev Sadashivrao Ande, freedom fighter and political leader, was born.
1/27/1967Maharashtra State Text book manufacturing and carriculum modification Corporation established at Pune.
3/31/1995Bombay beat Punjab in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
7/17/1997K.R. Narayanan,Vice President, wins in the Presidential election with a record margin to become the next head of state.
2/24/1988Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.