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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
10/26/1990V. Shantaram, veteran film producer, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 90 years in Bombay.
7/1/1941C. Y. Chintamani died.
12/14/1952Roshan Harshadlal ""Deepak"" Shodhan scored 110 in his Test Cricket debut vs Pakistan in Calcutta.
2/10/1927Dashrathi (Dashrathi Krishnamacharya), famous Telgu poet, was born.
8/5/1992Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86.
2/25/1976India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children.
2/19/1993German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President.
5/15/1993K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93.
8/27/1990The Cabinet Committee on political affairs decides to put a proposal before the Parliament providing five to ten per cent of Central Government jobs reserved for economically weaker sections.
9/28/1924In penance for riots, Gandhi, on hunger strike in Delhi, proclaimed he would break his fast only at death.