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Historical Event on 3/26/1972

The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/14/1929Jatindra Nath Das was arrested in Calcutta.
4/13/1889Balkrishna A. Pillai, litterateur and journalist, was born.
2/14/1929Devendra Lal was born in Varanasi. He made extensive studies of meteorites of Lunar rocks brought by the Apollo and Luna Missions and of material from the Ocean bed. He also evolved techniques to understand post events in the solar system from cosmic ray ""Signatures"". One of his most significant findings is that the intensity of cosmic rays during the last few million years has been the same as it is today. He was a geophysicist associated with the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
3/15/1901Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games.
8/7/1985Geet Sethi, national champion, was the third Indian to become World Amateur Billiards Champion by beating Robert Marshal of Australia.
6/17/1976Montreal Olympics opens.
11/27/1998India retains the Asia Cup tennis championship in Delhi beating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final.
12/21/2000Women's Bill put off again.
11/23/1994100 killed in a stampede of Govari Samaj people during a protest march towards Nagpur Assembly.
11/2/1841Akbar Khan revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan.