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Historical Event on 8/26/1997

Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1996Kerala introduces ban on arrack. 5614 licenced arrack shops closed down.
1/14/1948First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published.
10/31/1997Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai.
10/6/1997International Commodity Exchange Division of the India Pepper and Spice Trade Association in Kochi opened.
1/10/1964Battles between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta.
4/12/1873Kumaran Asan, famous Malyalam poet and social reformer, was born at Kayikkara, Kerala.
11/29/1926Prabhakar Narayan Padhye (Bhau Padhye), great journalist and litterateur, was born.
3/9/1998Vishwanathan Anand,Chess legend, wins the Super Grand Master Title.
1/16/2000P. Moses, Indian High Commission Staff member, badly beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operators in Islamabad.
7/25/1986Sikh extremist kill 16 Hindus in Muhktsar India.