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Historical Event on 10/26/1961

Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/13/1999The Railways announces concessions for senior citizens, students upto Class X and the poor.
5/13/1995Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding awarded for 1992.
7/13/1998The Government is prevented from tabling the Women's Reservation Bill.
12/23/1912Rash Behari Ghosh and Sachin Sanyal threw a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge II in Delhi. He had come to Delhi on an elephant for the initiation of the new capital. The Viceroy was injured in the bomb blast.
5/24/1990Surjit Singh Barnala sworn in as Governor of Tamil Nadu.
4/9/1954India reports only 43\% of population speaks 15 recognized languages, noting 720 dialects, 23 tribal tongues.
5/23/1947The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India.
10/28/1997Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination.
8/28/1906Chintamani Govind (Mama Pendse), great actor, was born.
3/28/1916Ramkrishna Pillai, journalist and social reformer, passed away.