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Historical Event on 3/26/1989
Eighth Antarctica Expedition returns after erecting India's second permanent manned station 'Maitri'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/20/1995 | India and China decide to withdraw four army battalions from Chu Sumdurong valley near the Line of Actual Control. |
| 11/1/1999 | H. K. Dua, senior Journalist and former editor of The Indian Express and The Hindustan Times, is appointed the Press Adviser to the Prime Minister. |
| 8/30/1908 | Ganpatrao Tapase, senior freedom fighter and former Governor of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, was born. |
| 10/10/1978 | Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'. |
| 9/28/1827 | A few mountain battery trains flourished and kept the Indian component alive as part of the Royal artillery. Recently, it has been established that 8 Company Bombay Artillery survived axing and is now 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery. This day is now celebrated as the Raising Day of the Regiment of Artillery. |
| 9/24/1992 | Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges. |
| 1/15/1998 | Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966, died in Ahmedabad at the age of 100 years. |
| 9/19/1933 | Sunit Francis Rodrigues, former Chief Army General, was born. |
| 6/22/1971 | Habib Muhammad died. |
| 4/17/1675 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked the Fonda fort and won Karwar. |
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