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Historical Event on 9/26/1996

Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1999Dr. S. Srinivasan (58), Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Thiruvananthapuram, died.
1/31/1983The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah.
3/22/1964200 die in communal violence in the industrial towns of Jamshedpur and Rourkela.
2/12/194614 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war.
1/18/1947Kundanlal Saigal, famous film star and unique singer, died at Jalandhar.
3/6/1775Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War.
8/8/2000The Government appoints Air Marshal P. Rajkumar to head the court of enquiry to probe the Alliance Air crash near Patna.
10/21/1996Japan gets non-permanent seat in Security Council after a contest with India.
6/27/1997Surendra Pratap Singh, famous Journalist and former chief editor of Nav Bharat Times Group, died ]at Delhi.
9/6/1996CBI arrests four Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leaders in bribery case.