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Historical Event on 5/26/2000

In a significant development, the Government decides to allow disinvestment up to 60 per cent equity of Air India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/20/1987Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0) in 76th Tennis Davis Cup .
10/13/1971Hitesh Modi, cricketer (Kenyan left-handed batsman 1996 World Cup), was born.
1/26/1957Ashok Omprakash Malhotra, cricketer (Indian batsman in 7 Tests 1982-84), was born in Amritsar.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
5/8/1930Gandhi followers mob Bombay to protest his arrest.
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
11/24/1997Leander-Mahesh stumble at the final step, finish second in the World doubles tennis championships at Hartford.
1/12/1993Police firing at 15 places in Bombay; four foreign militants arrested.
5/28/1923Nandamuri Tarak Ramarao, film star, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and founder of Telgu Desam Party, was born. He has acted in many films including 'Patal Bhairavi'.
7/13/1999Militants attack the residential complex of Border Security Force (BSF) in Madar village near Bandipur and take 12 persons as hostages after killing four.