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Historical Event on 12/26/1985

Rajiv Gandhi and Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq meet in Delhi and agree not to attack nuclear plants in each other's country.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/25/1956Lal Bahadur Shastri, Railway Minister, resigns from the office or Railway Minitery, taking moral responsibility for Ayyapan rail disaster thus setting a rare example for politicians.
5/1/1940Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published.
2/14/1999Fifth National Games inaugurated at Imphal.
3/2/1938Chandrakumar Agarwala, assamia poet, passed away.
11/5/1997Railway ministry doubles compensation amounts from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs.4 lakh to victims of railway accidents and other untoward incidents.
8/30/1751Sir Robert Clive exhibited a heroic feat when the British troops captured Arcot form Chanda Saheb.
8/30/1751Maharana Pratap Singh of Udaipur, great freedom fighter, soldier and revolutionary, passed away. His son Amar Singh succeeded him.
8/15/1996Deve Gowda speaks in Hindi on the occasion of the 50th Independence Day.
12/22/1877Shreenivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, was born.
3/25/1999Arathi Ponnappa,Former National tennis champion, called it quits from competitive tennis in Bangalore.