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Historical Event on 1/26/1995

Three powerful bombs rip through a celebration at a sports stadium in Kashmir as the State Governor addresses the crowd;7 people killed and 47 injured.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1930Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur (Tagore) and Mahatma Gandhi met at Sabarmati Ashram.
4/14/1952Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated.
10/24/1990BJP-sponsored 'Bharat Bandh' in protest against L. K. Advani's arrest evokeed mixed response.
12/4/1924Gateway of India was inagurated by Lord Riding.
3/22/2000INSAT-3B launched.
5/22/1993Karnataka special task force guns down Veerappan's brother and righthand man Arjunan.
12/25/1994Giani Zail Singh, former President of India, died in Chandigarh at the age of 78.
1/10/1975India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization.
7/10/1992SROSS-C placed in orbit. Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2A), first indigenously-built satellite of second-generation INSAT series launched from Kourore. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service.
4/3/1999India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana.