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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.

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7/29/1995Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born.
7/29/1995Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal arrived at Cochin as Viceroy of India.
5/20/1992Jayalalitha sacks R. M. Veerappan from her cabinet in Tamil Nadu.
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4/18/1914Jamshedji R. Patel, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1948-59, was born in Mumbai.
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11/22/1997Diana Hayden, 24-year-old Mumbai-born Miss India, beat 85 contestants from around the world to be crowned new 'Miss Universe' at Mahe in Seychelles.