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Historical Event on 12/26/1997

Four MPs - Mr. Suresh Kalmadi from Pune, Mr. Anadi Charan Sahu from Cuttack, Mr. Mohan Delkar from Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Mr. Gopal Tandel from Daman & Diu- resign from Congress(I).

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1939Gandhi calls on world to disarm, thinks Hitler would follow.
8/17/1947The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence.
2/24/1995Rishang Keishing (Cong-I) sworn in as the 15th CM of Manipur.
4/15/1998Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna.
7/23/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Prime Minister and Gorbachev sign joint declaration committing their countries to building a nuclear-free and non-violent world in the first Indian-Soviet summit in the post-Gorbachev Soviet Union in Moscow.
2/20/1976Production of Crude Oil started from offshore Bombay High near Mumbai.
5/21/1998India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing.
1/24/1966Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, chairmain of Atomic Research Institute, passed away near Geneva when Air India Boeing 707 crashed in accident at Alps Hills, Mont Blanc in Switzerland killing all the 117 persons on board.
9/11/1906Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'.
8/11/1993Brahmaprakash Chaudhary, first Chief Minister of Delhi and former central minister, died.