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Historical Event on 5/26/2000

In a significant development, the Government decides to allow disinvestment up to 60 per cent equity of Air India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/8/1928Eighteen died when an East Indian Railroad train was derailed after saboteurs removed part of the tracks.
10/18/1995Punjab CM Harcharan Singh Brar inducts All India Youth Congress President Maninderjit Singh Bitta in to the cabinet.
1/4/1966ndo-Pak Summit, the peace talk between Pakistan and Indian leaders, started at Tashkent. The prominent personalities were Lal Bahadur Shastri and Gen. Ayub Khan.
6/25/1922Satyendranath Datta, famous Bengali poet, passed away.
7/17/1948Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.
5/21/1930A raid of nationalists on salt works in Dharasana results in 630 casualties and the arrest of Mrs. Naidy, leader of the civil disobedience campaign.
11/2/1971Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives.
3/1/1990JD secures four-fifth majority in Orissa Assembly elections; Biju Patnaik becomes the new CM.
3/2/1982Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna.
2/2/1964Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.