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Historical Event on 10/26/1961
Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/16/1998 | Kiran More, former Indian stumper, calls it a day from first class cricket at Baroda. |
| 3/22/1997 | Deshabhimani daily, official organ of CPI (M), launches its 5th edition from Kottayam, Kerala. |
| 12/1/1993 | World AIDS day. |
| 12/29/1996 | Trishul', surface-to-air missile successfully tested. |
| 1/6/1664 | Chhatrapati Shivaji attacked on Surat. |
| 3/5/1916 | Biju Patnaik, famous Oriya leader and Chief Minister, was born. |
| 2/10/1946 | Gandhiji revives 'Harijan' and allied group of weekly journals. |
| 4/2/1877 | Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, was born at Porbandar. |
| 3/14/1895 | Nihalsing Gurumukh, former Chief Minister of Delhi and Governer of Rajasthan, was born. |
| 2/3/1986 | Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta. |
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