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Historical Event on 10/26/1930

Dr. Waldemar Modecal Haffkine, famous scientist, bacteriologist and professor, died in Paris. He had invented the Cholera vaccine in 1893 and a vaccine for Plague in 1897 at the Grant Medical College, Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/8/1993FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500.
1/17/1997Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas.
8/14/1947Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania was appinted as the Chief Justice of India. He was in this office till 05/11/1951.
2/4/1948Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur.
4/15/1947Issues with Jinnah a joint appeal for communal peace.
1/25/1880Brahmo Samaj of modernisation and fraternity amongst religions Nababidhan Keshab Chandra Sen introduced.
1/10/1993Atleast 15 people are killed in Bombay on the 5th day of riots between Hindus and Muslims.
4/11/1992Marathi cinema's Bhaichandra Govind Pendharkar gets Phalke Award.
6/13/1999The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector.
3/17/1994Wali Mohammad Itto, former Speaker of J&K Assembly shot dead by militants.