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Historical Event on 8/26/1997
Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/22/1871 | Lord Edward Allanbaro, governor general of India (1842-1844), died. |
| 10/15/1996 | Dengue fever in Delhi takes 156 lives. |
| 3/1/1993 | India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arjun'. |
| 12/5/1931 | Jayant G. Nadkarni, former Admiral of Indian Navy, was born. |
| 1/6/1997 | Sumita Ghosh (CISF) sets a National junior women's record in the standard rifle 3 position in National shooting. |
| 1/16/1989 | Prem Nazir, famous actor of more than 620 Malayalam films, died at the age of 59 yrs. |
| 9/28/1993 | Gas pipe below Karakas National Highway exploded claiming 58 lives. |
| 3/30/1908 | Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born. |
| 1/1/1989 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"". |
| 1/27/1994 | 55 miners, trapped inside New Kenda Colliery of Eastern Coal Fields, die. |
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