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Historical Event on 9/26/1979
Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/24/1911 | Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, was born. |
| 4/16/1997 | G. Kishenchand, former Indian Test cricketer, died. |
| 2/13/1994 | Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence. |
| 12/31/1706 | Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674. |
| 12/14/2000 | The Government declares the 10-day old postal strike illegal as per the provisions of the Industrial Dispute Act. |
| 12/17/1910 | Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India), was born in Bombay. |
| 10/18/1901 | Mahatma Gandhi sails for India. |
| 8/13/1998 | India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million. |
| 3/22/1963 | World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways. |
| 10/2/1904 | Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India (1964-66), was born in Mughalsarai near Benaras in Uttar Pradesh. |
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