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Historical Event on 6/26/1982

First Boeing 707 of Air India `Gaurishankar' was crashed at Sahar Airport (Bombay).

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1956Companies Act of 1913 was revised and Indian Companies Act of 1956 came into force.
7/31/1993K. Vijaya Rama Rao became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/96).
12/31/1956Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80.
1/7/1761Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmed Shah Abdali, the ruler of Afghanistan, defeats the Marathas; Maratha imperialism checked.
1/25/1983Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982).
1/4/1964The First Diesel Engine came out of the Varanasi Diesel Engine Carshed.
6/8/199255-60\% polling takes place in the Andhra, Bihar, W. Bengal and Delhi by-elections.
2/6/1931Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, revolutionary, founder of 'Swaraj Party', political leader and barrister, passed away at Lucknow.
1/1/1972Indian states abolished the previous rulers of Privy purses and privileges.
6/8/1998Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack.