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Historical Event on 1/26/1961
Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/25/1954 | Maharshee Rajratna 'Manikrao' (Gajanan Yashwant Manik), physical expert, passed away. |
| 5/21/1994 | JKLF leader Mohammed Yasim Malik agrees to eschew violence provided the Centre guarantees a dialogue without pre-conditions. |
| 2/17/1994 | Gopikrishna, internationaly famed 'Kathtak' exponent, died at the age of 61 years. |
| 6/26/1888 | Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Pilani. |
| 3/3/1939 | Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention. |
| 7/23/2000 | Ram Jethmalani, Union Law Minister, quits the Cabinet after the Prime Minister shows him the door following the outbursts against the Chief Justice of India, Dr. A. S. Anand. |
| 9/24/1936 | It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity. |
| 2/4/1934 | Madhusudan Das ""Utkal Gourab"", passed away. He was described as a great Indian patriot, who wore himself out is giving shape and reality to various nation-building schemes. He wrote a number of articles and poems both in Oriya, English and Bengali to fill people with enthusiasm and patriotism. He was the first non-official Vice Chairman and then Chairman of Cuttack District Board. |
| 7/15/1917 | Tukaram Tanaji Sawant, educationist and famous Hindi writer, was born at Pokharam, (Maharashtra). |
| 7/15/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi,Congress President, expels V. C. Shukla, Arif Mohammed Khan and Arun Nehru from Congress for anti-party activities. |
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