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Historical Event on 8/26/1996

Supreme Court asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to the Income Tax department.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/27/1997Punjab men and Railway women win National volleyball league in Tiruppur.
3/8/1986L.K. Advani elected President of BJP.
10/4/1999Kerala High Court orders Election Commission to booth-wise counting. The EC is likely to move the Supreme Court against this order.
1/12/1996Supreme Court holds that horse racing is not gambling, but a game of skill.
4/3/1999India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana.
8/25/1997Konkan Railway line in Goa, except for a short stretch between Pernem and Maharashtra border, becomes operational.
5/28/1972Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), passed away at the age of 77.
8/4/1929Kishor Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, was born at Khandava. He is also rememberd as a comic actor, director and musician.
12/26/1978Indira Gandhi released after week in jail for refusing to testify on corruption.
5/19/1991About 20 crore voters go to the polls in the first phase of election in 204 constituencies of the 10th Lok Sabha.