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Historical Event on 8/26/1996

Supreme Court asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to the Income Tax department.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/26/1996Daud Shah assasinated Mujahid Shah to become the fourth Bahmani Sultan, but himself was murdered by a slave.
5/25/1915Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
11/11/1921Gandhi urges Hindus to remove statue of ex-Viceroy Lord Lawrence.
12/25/1771Shah Alam II sat on the Throne of Dehli. Marathas captured Delhi and induced Shah Alam to return to Delhi after an absence of 18 years from the captial.
7/27/1889Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji.
6/5/1961Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis star, was born. He was also the winner of Junior Wimbledon 1979.
11/30/1994Mrinalini Desai, freedom fighter and famous litterateur, died.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
1/8/1973Nanasaheb Parulekar, father of 'Sakal' newspaper, died.
3/12/1942British troops vacate the Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.