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Historical Event on 6/26/1983
Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/25/1975 | Bundelkhand University was established in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 11/1/1937 | Keral University established. |
| 8/12/1988 | S. R. Bommai elected Karnataka CM. |
| 4/2/1902 | Gulam Ali Khan Ustad Bade was born. |
| 11/13/1998 | Pravabati Devi (88), freedom fighter and `Mother Teresa of Orissa', dies at the orphanage set up by her at Chharchanpali. |
| 12/24/1809 | Christopher ""Kit"" Carson, KY, union brig-general and Indian fighter, was born. |
| 8/27/1997 | Daljeet Singh and Debi Bose set national records in the Federation Cup athletics at Chennai in javelin throw and hurdles respectively. |
| 4/15/1883 | Narhar Raghunath Phatak, famous journalist and historian, was born. |
| 4/5/1950 | Spurred by recent clashes in East and West Bengal between Muslims and Hindus, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Pakistani couterpart Ali Khan today reached agreement on a ""Bill of Rights for Minorities"". This bill included a provision for ""drumhead justice,"" or summary justice to persons convicted of violating minority rights. |
| 10/1/1998 | Anxiety in stock market after UTI's US-64 scheme is reported to have paid dividend, eating out of its capital. |
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