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Historical Event on 8/26/1927
Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/13/1851 | Ganga Ram, great social reformer and an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department, Punjab, was born at Mangtanwala, now in Pakistan. |
| 9/17/1929 | La Fontaine, Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM and AVSM, VM, was born in Madras. |
| 3/3/1906 | Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, was born. |
| 10/21/1981 | Kerala under central rule. |
| 1/26/2001 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar. |
| 7/3/1863 | Little Crow, [Ta-oya-te-duta], santee Sioux Indian chief, passed away. |
| 12/25/1932 | King George V's chair collapsed during his Christmas dinner speech. |
| 10/12/1946 | Ashok Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969-78), was born in Bombay. |
| 5/1/1947 | Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle. |
| 1/10/1986 | Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India. |
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