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Historical Event on 10/26/1947
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.

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2/12/1997	Standard Bank tri-series final between India and South Africa abandoned due to rain.
12/1/1965	Border Security Force was organised, which would be armed and trained to man the International Border with Pakistan.
7/17/1992	Lok Sabha rejects no-trust motion.
8/15/1997	K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta.
10/19/1967	Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light.
7/6/1993	39 people were killed and three officials abducted in J&K .
2/19/1994	Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration.
8/6/1925	Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
11/9/1962	Dhondo Keshav Karve, social reformer and educationist Bharat Ratna awardee, died.
9/7/1999	India rejects Pakistan demand for a East Timor type of referendum in Kashmir.

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