26 June - India on this day13 events
Chaudhary Charan Singh, freedom fighter and Chief Minister of UP, arrested by Government.
Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.
Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born.
Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born.
Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Pilani.
M.P. Sivagnanam, famous Tamil writer and social worker, was born at Madras.
First Boeing 707 of Air India `Gaurishankar' was crashed at Sahar Airport (Bombay).
India declares its chemical weapon stockpiles and storage facilities as part of its obligations as signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Nehru, Chou En-lai pledge good-neighbor policy at New Delhi.
Madhya Pradesh declared "Tiger State" as it homes one sixth of the world's tiger population.
The Tin Bigha corridor leased to Bangladesh as per the Indo-Bangladesh agreement.