October26

Gulal Bai Parekar, a14-year-old girl led a 13-girls team to hoist the national flag at Esplanade Park. A police sargeant tried to snach the flag and then kidnapped her.

CBI detects a chain of bank transactions between August '93 and February '96 by four JMM leaders.

Martyr Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was born at Allahabad. He was also the editor of revolutionary weekly 'Pratap'.

Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, visits cyclone-hit areas.

Indian Muslim leader demands that Gandhi be released from prison. The Viceroy responded that this was only possible if Gandhi disassociated himself from the civil disobedience campaign.

Godavarish Mishra, famous Orria poet, playwright and patriot, was born.

Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, was born.

Ashok P.Jain, great industrialist, was born.

Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, famous music director, was born.

Tirumalai Echambadi Srinivasan, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1981), was born in Madras.

27 die as violence between Hindus and Muslims continued in Calcutta.

Akhil Bharatiya Gramin Udyog Sangh (All India Small Scale Industries Association) was founded and inaugrated by Mahatma Gandhi.

After the tribal column, raping and looting along the way by Pakistani Army continued at Baramulla, 50 kilometres from Srinagar. Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir Hari Singhji, then, signed the instrument of accession with India and the Indian Armed Forces reacted to the Pakistani Army's infiltration. Great acts of personal gallantry and collective bravery were shown in the Kashmir operations. Major Som Nath Sharma was awarded the PVC, India's highest decoration for valour, and Brigadier Usman, commanding the 50th Parachute Brigade, was awarded the MVC. Both the soldiers were awarded posthumously.

After Chinese attack, Emergency and Defence of India Ordinance was declared for the first time in India by the President.

India decides to go ahead with Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme in the wake of US stand to supply $370 million arms package to Pakistan.

Dr. Waldemar Modecal Haffkine, famous scientist, bacteriologist and professor, died in Paris. He had invented the Cholera vaccine in 1893 and a vaccine for Plague in 1897 at the Grant Medical College, Bombay.

Chinadorai Deshmutu, Indian field hockey player (Olympics-1952), was born.

Pakistan's first Test cricket win vs India. Fazal Mahmood took 12 wkts .

British General Governor declared war against Nepal.

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.

R.S.Das, a law member of the Viceroy's council, died in Calcutta.

Cholera epidemic killed 2,155 people in the third week of October at Calcutta.

Dattatrey Ramchandra Bendre, Gyanpeet awardee and Kannad poet, died.

V. Shantaram, veteran film producer, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 90 years in Bombay.

Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily newspaper 'Marathwada', died.

The Government rejected the demand that Rajiv Gandhi's name be deleted from the chargesheet in the Bofors case.

Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India.