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Historical Event on 9/26/1996

Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/20/1947First battle between India and Pakistan.
2/16/1998Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league encounter in Chennai comes to an abrupt halt with Delhi skipper and batsman Ajay Sharma sighting boot marks short of the good length area.
2/5/1991The last of 1.2 lakh Indians in Kuwait manage to return to India.
10/24/1990BJP-sponsored 'Bharat Bandh' in protest against L. K. Advani's arrest evokeed mixed response.
3/3/1885Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt).
7/10/1992Dr. Najma Heptulla re-elected Dy. Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
3/25/1998Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, and Railway Minister Nitish Kumar present the interim budgets for 1998- 99.
5/22/1996Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
11/11/1947Temple of Vithoba in Pandharpur opened for Harijans. Ganpatrao Tapase was the first harijan to enter the temple.
8/19/1946Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded.