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Historical Event on 3/26/1942

Indira Gandhi, third Prime Minister of India, was married to Feroze Gandhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/9/1989Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrives on a two-day state visit to India.
1/22/1992Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.
9/30/1981Pakistan Commando soldiers release 66 hostages in Lahore from five Khalistan hijackers and activists of the Dal Khalsa International.
2/19/1974Bombay High Oil stock was found in the sea near Mumbai.
1/22/1989Madhya Pradesh CM Arjun Singh resigns on Churhat lottery case grounds.
9/6/2000Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October 1.
7/1/1947Independence of India Bill passed.
12/23/1977Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born.
7/31/1658Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor.