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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
5/5/1986Controversial Muslim Women Bill passed by Lok Sabha.
6/12/1990CPI(M) accuses Communist Party of Soviet Union of departing from the basic ideology of Marxism-Leninism in the name of correcting past distortions.
11/3/1908Shreyansprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
5/26/2000Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai.
4/1/1987Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution.
9/4/1980Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi.
5/26/1931One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras.
10/22/1937Gandhiji presided over the educational conference at Wardha and outlined his scheme of education through basic crafts.
10/22/1937Saint Eknath, bhagwatbhakt, passed away.
10/3/1984India's longest distance train Himsagar Express (from Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari) was first flagged.