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Historical Event on 1/26/1960

More medals for armed forces were instituted including the Vishisht Seva Medal (in the classes), Sainya Seva Medal, Videsh Seva Medal and Sena, Nao Sena and Vayu Sena Medals.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/6/1986Militant Sikhs in Amritsar call for the murder of Surjit Singh Barnala, Chief Minister of Punjab and J.F. Ribeiro, the Chief of Police.
1/2/1878Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and first president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, was born at Perunna village, Kerala State.
8/29/1959India sends troops to Tibet border to block the Chinese.
4/24/1996Indian Express launches Vizag (17th) edition.
12/28/1981Madras-Penang undersea cable commissioned.
7/1/1958Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 10-11-1960.
4/6/1992Nagpur edition of Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' was started.
3/28/1963First meeting of the National Aeronautical Laboratory Executive Council held under the chairmanship of J R D Tata.
2/4/1991An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.
7/15/1986Sandhya Agarwal made 190 runs in third Womens Test Cricket setting a new record in England.