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Historical Event on 10/26/1934
Akhil Bharatiya Gramin Udyog Sangh (All India Small Scale Industries Association) was founded and inaugrated by Mahatma Gandhi.
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| 5/8/1995 | Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83. |
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| 6/13/1909 | E. M. S. Namboodiripad was born in Palghat in Kerala. |
| 7/24/1985 | Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab. |
| 1/31/1963 | Peacock declared as National Bird of India. |
| 12/23/1976 | Indira Gandhi attacks the pro-Moscow Communist party for enticing her son Sanjay, but she denies grooming him as her successor. |
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