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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 |
| 12/16/1909 | Lal Singh Narayan Singh, cricketer (scored 15 & 29 in India's 1st Test match), was born near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| 2/17/1976 | New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India. |
| 1/1/1998 | The Election Commission announces the poll schedule for the 12th Lok Sabha. The polling will be on February 16, 22, 28 and March 7. Simultaneously, elections are to be held for the Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assemblies. |
| 7/16/1969 | Morarji Desai resigns from cabinet. |
| 5/5/1929 | Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay. |
| 6/22/1994 | Law for the betterment of women introduced. |
| 5/4/1959 | Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China. |
| 10/11/1941 | Amitabh Bachchan, famous film actor, was born. |
| 1/18/1990 | Farooq Abdullah, J&K CM, quits. |
| 12/15/1965 | Maharastra State Agriculture Industry Development Corporation established. |
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