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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 |
| 2/28/1987 | The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event). |
| 5/29/1979 | Perminder Singh Sangha, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway. |
| 3/3/2000 | Nitish Kumar, Samata Party leader, sworn in Bihar Chief Minister. Governor V.C. Pande's decision evokes widespread criticism. |
| 1/4/1889 | Judge M. Patanjali Sastri, Chief Justice of India, was born. |
| 2/13/1719 | Jahandar Shah was strangled to death and the Sayyid brothers were killed soon after. |
| 1/28/2000 | Indian junior cricket team wins the Youth cricket World Cup. |
| 2/23/1932 | The N. W. Frontier province is created. |
| 1/19/1990 | Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", Indian free love guru, modern mystic and controversial cult figure, died in Pune at the age of 58 years. He will be remembered as a great orator and for founding of Rajnishpuram in USA. |
| 1/29/1977 | Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/02/1978. |
| 12/22/1940 | Manvendranath Rai established the Radical Democratic Party. |
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