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Historical Event on 1/26/1950

Government of India accepted the National Emblem. It consisted of Head of Lion which is taken from Ashok piller situated near Sarnath.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/1989Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died.
2/22/1997India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0.
5/14/1996H.D. Deve Gowda elected leader of the third front as its prime ministerial candidate.
1/5/1988India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.
2/17/1976New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India.
5/18/1932Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah - the permanent president of the Muslim league, began to spread the rumors that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations.
6/18/1996CBI arrests Sanjeeva Rao, relative of Narasimha Rao, and Prakash Yadav, son of former Union Minister, in the urea scam.
10/31/1990Religious clashes between Hindus and Muslims leave more than 180 people dead.
3/7/1961Govind Ballabh Pant passed away. He had served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
2/5/1919Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born.