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Historical Event on 12/26/1985

Rajiv Gandhi and Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq meet in Delhi and agree not to attack nuclear plants in each other's country.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1992UP acquistion of land in Ayodhya quashed by Allahabad High Court.
12/9/1993Virbhadra Singh sworn in as Congress CM of Himachal Pradesh.
6/2/1991Dinesh Goswami, former Law Minister, passed away in a road accident in Assam.
1/31/1997INS Vikrant, Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier, de-commissioned.
2/24/199525 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati.
9/12/1932Vijaya Shriniwas Jahagirdas, famous Marathi story writer and poet, was born.
12/31/1998Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He is the 18th Air Chief Marshal.
9/19/1996India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India.
11/8/1991K.P.S. Gill reappointed DGP in Punjab.
2/17/1997Notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj released from jail after 20 years, and re-arrested soon after release under Foreigners' Regional Registration Act.