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Historical Event on 1/26/1996

47th Republic Day celebrated;Chief Guest was Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/18/1996President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces.
1/18/1977Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period.
7/21/1975Hindi Post Guards was established by Government.
1/5/1992Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st cricket Test wkt.
12/17/1998Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category.
3/27/1990A 10-member Progressive Democratic Front Ministry led by Churchill Alemao sworn in Goa.
9/24/1999The Chief Controller of Defence Accounts (pensions) was renamed as the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts(Pensions), Allahabad.
10/31/199426 die as cyclone lashes Tamil Nadu.
8/14/1896Gandhiji published ""The Green Pamphlet"" at Rajkot and then toured to Bombay, Madras, Poona and Calcutta educating Indians in regard to grievances of South African Indians.
12/13/1999The Government lodges protest with the Pakistani Rangers following the discovery of a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border.