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Historical Event on 8/26/1997
Vice President Krishan Kant takes over as Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/25/1981 | Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress. |
| 3/4/1995 | Kakrapar nuclear power station's second unit located near Surat synchronised to the western grid after mandatory tests. |
| 3/31/1980 | Nirmal Mukherjee, the last Indian Civil Service Officer, retired from service as Cabinet Secretary. |
| 5/13/1952 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry. |
| 8/3/1997 | Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the doubles title in the Canadian Maurier Super Nine Doubles Open tennis championships held in Montreal. |
| 10/12/1961 | Sureshchandra Banerjee, great politician, died. |
| 10/10/1996 | UP polls throw up a hung assembly. |
| 10/14/1991 | Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died. |
| 4/16/1853 | The first Railway Train on Indian sub-continent ran over a streach of 21 miles i.e. 35 kms from Bombay to Thane. In the inauguration ceremony, 14 railway carriages carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder (presently C.S.T.) at 3.30 pm, amidst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the salute of 21 guns. |
| 7/19/1925 | Dinesh Singh, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Kalakankar (U.P). |
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