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Historical Event on 5/26/2000

In a significant development, the Government decides to allow disinvestment up to 60 per cent equity of Air India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
6/1/1916Lokmanya Tilak roared ''Freedom is by birthright'' at Ahmednagar.
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
8/11/1997135 persons killed in flash floods in Shimla & Kiannaur districts of Himachal Pradesh.
5/21/1966General Election (11th) of India ends.
2/13/1922The Indian National Congress suspends its civil disobedience campaign in the face of mounting violence.
10/26/1943Cholera epidemic killed 2,155 people in the third week of October at Calcutta.
8/26/1997Employee Provident Fund scheme of 1952 amended to ensure that all PF claims are settled within 30 days from the date of receipt of claims by the PF Commissioner.
3/9/1998Vishwanathan Anand,Chess legend, wins the Super Grand Master Title.
10/26/1886Godavarish Mishra, famous Orria poet, playwright and patriot, was born.