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Historical Event on 6/26/1955
Poland and India affirm Panchsheel.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/18/1932 | A Hindu delegation is given permission to interview Gandhi, currently held in prison and undertaking a hunger strike. On arrival, they also find he has taken a vow of silence. |
| 12/20/1957 | Kalinga Prize for 1957 awarded to Lord Bertrand Russell. |
| 12/20/1957 | Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India. |
| 9/25/1936 | Juliet Prowse, actress (Who Killed Teddy Bear) and dancer, was born in Bombay, India. |
| 9/15/1912 | Rusi Karanjia, journalist and publisher, was born. |
| 12/27/1931 | 150 are arrested following 'red shirt' riots in the N.W. Frontier province. |
| 1/11/1986 | Union Government declares Ladakh a Scheduled Tribe area under a constitutional amendment order by the President, applying article 342 for the first time to J&K. |
| 7/23/1996 | R. Bhattacharji was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He is heading this office till date. |
| 8/2/1977 | Jaswinder ""Jas"" Jutla, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Glasgow, Scotland. |
| 11/11/1921 | Gandhi urges Hindus to remove statue of ex-Viceroy Lord Lawrence. |
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