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Historical Event on 10/26/1961

Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1959The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India.
5/10/1957Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President of India for a second term.
2/22/1854Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'.
10/31/1962Krishna Menon, Home Minister, resign due to attack by China.
3/22/2000INSAT-3B launched.
3/19/1998Abdul Rauf Seddiopui, Samajwadi Party leader, is shot dead near Jadharpur village in Bareilly district.
3/6/1971Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.
2/27/1992Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years.
5/26/1739Afghanistan was separated from the Indian empire as a result of a treaty signed between Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah and Nadir Shah.
7/1/1961Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal.