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Historical Event on 4/26/1995

Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1935374 infants wed at a mass ceremony.
6/16/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, meets her Indian couterpart A B Vajpayee in New Delhi.
2/11/1959Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi).
4/13/1889Balkrishna A. Pillai, litterateur and journalist, was born.
1/14/1980Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.
9/15/1940Anil Yashwant Tipnis, Air Chief Marshal, was born.
5/10/1982Karnataka Kranti Ranga led by Devaraj Urs comes into being.
5/10/1982Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni passed away in his capital.
8/1/1989Kirti Vrajlal Ambani,Reliance executive, held in connection with a plot to kill Bombay Dyeing Chairman Nusli Wadia.
3/19/1998BJP-led coalition government is sworn in. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the second time Prime Minister of India.