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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
3/22/199957 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district.
6/1/1964Nava Paisa, established in 1947, was renamed as 'Paisa'.
4/4/1987Agney, famous Hindi litterateur and Gyanpeeth Award winning poet, passed away.
3/1/1910The Dalai Lama is welcomed in Darjeeling.
1/6/1980In the general election (7th) of India, Indira Gandhi led Indian National Congress Party gains two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha legislative elections.
9/14/1774Bentik, first Governor General of India, was born.
11/23/1994100 killed in a stampede of Govari Samaj people during a protest march towards Nagpur Assembly.
9/8/1962Chinese army infiltrated in the north-east border of India exceeding the Mac-Mahon line (Tibet-India boundary). This was the first ocassion of Chinese infiltration.
11/12/1997India elected to executive board of UNESCO.
12/14/1962Bharathi Arun, cricketer (Indian pace bowler late-80's), was born in Vijayawada.