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Historical Event on 6/26/1983

Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/1873Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta.
10/2/1957All India Scheduled Caste Federation formally dissolved and a new political party 'Republican Party of India' was formed.
7/8/1988More than 100 people were killed and several injured as Bangalore-Trivandrum Island Express fell into Ashtamudi lake at Perumon in Quilon district of Kerala.
11/30/1896Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children.
1/14/1946Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.
4/20/1989President's rule imposed in Karnataka.
5/20/1965Under the leadership of Commander M. S. Kohli, Indian Trackers concurred Mount Everest. Captain A. S. Chima and Sherpa Nawang Gombu were the first to reach the summit.
6/21/1814Gilbert Aliat Minto, Governor General of East Indian Company, died.
9/6/1905Satyacharan Chaterjee, great Indian Geologist, was born.
12/22/1940Manvendranath Rai established the Radical Democratic Party.