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Historical Event on 3/26/1990

Pratap Singh Rane,Goa CM, resigns.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/2000Major General Manuel Saavedra of Uruguay appointed Chief Military observer of the U.N. Mission monitoring the LoC in Kashmir.
2/18/1992Sikh extremists murder 17 people in Punjab.
3/27/1942Gandhiji meets Sir Stafford Cripps in New Delhi; later declares Cripps proposals to be a ""post-dated cheque"".
1/10/1975India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization.
2/10/1992Andaman and Nicobar Islands opened for foreign travellers.
9/3/1999India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict.
7/14/1963Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, passed away.
11/3/19843,000 die in a three-day anti-Sikh riotsin India.
8/9/1942The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'.
4/22/1991IMF and the World Bank decide to grant $1 billion loan to India.