  In this paper, we present a study of an M2.2 class solar flare of 26 November
2000 from NOAA AR 9236. The flare was well observed by various ground based
observatories (ARIES, Learmonths Solar Observatory) and space borne instruments
(SOHO, HXRS, GOES) in time interval between 02:30 UT to 04:00 UT. The flare
started with long arc-shape outer flare ribbon. Afterwards the main flare
starts with two main ribbons. Initially the outer ribbons start to expand with
an average speed ($\sim$ 20 km s$^{-1}$) and later it shows contraction. The
flare was associated with partial halo coronal mass ejection (CMEs) which has
average speed of 495 km s$^{-1}$. The SOHO/MDI observations show that the
active region was in quadrupolar magnetic configuration. The flux cancellation
was observed before the flare onset close to flare site. Our analysis indicate
the flare was initiated by the magnetic breakout mechanism.
