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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
5/14/1956Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.
4/12/1991Lok Sabha elections announced for May 20, 23, 26; Punjab Assam, J&K polls deferred.
1/25/1989Motilal Vora sworn in as CM of Madhya Pradesh.
6/20/1858Gwalior fort was captured by British troops and the first Indian Sepoy Mutiny officially came to an end.
1/31/1976Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, PVSM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
12/13/1999Dr. V. Kurien gets the Paulos Mar Gregorius Award 1999.
3/12/1942British troops vacate the Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.
6/21/1814Gilbert Aliat Minto, Governor General of East Indian Company, died.
11/14/1995National Human Rights Commission's conference on 'Human Rights in Prisons' begins in New Delhi.
10/31/2000Chhattisgarh, the 26th State of Indian Union, comes into existence with the swearing in of its Governor Dinesh Nandan Sahay and Chief Minister Ajit Jogi at a glittering function at Raipur.