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Historical Event on 4/26/1993

Indian Airlines' IC 491 crashes at Aurangabad, killing 55 passengers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/19/1954Nehru and Mao meet in Peking.
9/4/19676.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people.
2/15/1998Tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were ranked No. 2 when they won Dubai Open.
11/3/1966Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000.
7/23/1991Premdatt Paliwal, president of All India Forward Block, died.
6/23/1761Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb), third peshwa, died at Pune, after losing in the Third Battle of Panipat on 12 June.
3/13/1971Fifth General Election of India ends.
10/24/1994Justice Ahmad Mushabber Ahmadi sworn in as Chief Justice of India.
12/22/1928An Alpine Romance', a 709 feet long sound film produced by Universal Picture Corporation, America, was the first sound film censored at Bombay on December 22. The other sound films censored on the same day were 'The Brox Sisters' and 'Bailey and Barnum.'
6/17/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950).