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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
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Chandragupta I succeeded his father Ghatotkacha at Patliputra. He is known for establishing the Gupta dynasty. Gupta era begins. |
| 2/26/1857 |
First Indian Revolution called the Sepoy Mutiny ends in a few months with the fall of Delhi and Lucknow which broke out in Berhampore by the 19th Bengal Infantry. |
| 2/26/1858 |
Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam). |
| 2/26/1874 |
Sursingh Takhtsingh Gohil `Kalapi', famous Gujrati poet, was born. |
| 2/26/1887 |
Sir Benegal Narsingh Rao, an eminent lawyer and political leader, was born. He was the first Indian President of UN Security Council in 1950. |
| 2/26/1901 |
The notes of Rs twenty denomination were issued with two issuing circles. These notes had four numeric denominations. |
| 2/26/1915 |
Pran Nath Chhuttani, great physician and teacher, was born. |
| 2/26/1937 |
Manmohan Desai, film producer and director, was born. |
| 2/26/1946 |
Mrinal Pandey, famous Hindi columnist, was born. |
| 2/26/1966 |
34 national leaders charge Indira Gandhi's rule is 'constitutional dictatorship'. |
| 2/26/1966 |
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet. |
| 2/26/1971 |
Noel David, Hyderabad off-spinner who played ODI in 1997, was born. |
| 2/26/1972 |
President Varahgiri Venkat Giri inaugurated the Vikram Earth Satellite Station at Wardha near Arvi. |
| 2/26/1975 |
Bhanubhai Shah established the first kite museum of India called 'Shankar Kendara' in Ahmedabad. |
| 2/26/1976 |
V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'. |
| 2/26/1984 |
Satellite Insat 1-B dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. |
| 2/26/1996 |
Parliament's budget session opens. |
| 2/26/1996 |
Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM. |
| 2/26/1998 |
Kalyan Singh wins the ''composite floor test'' in the Assembly, securing 225 votes against the 196 got by Jagadambika Pal. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1957 | M. K. Vellodi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 04-06-1958. |
| 2/15/1924 | Shankarrao Bajirao Patil, great leader of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 7/22/1925 | Homi Jehangir Teleyarkhan, social worker, was born. |
| 12/16/1971 | Bangladesh was formed. President Yahya Khan of Pakistan changed his position dramatically and announced he would accept a ceasefire with India. After his forces in East Pakistan surrendered unconditionally, Yahya Khan vowed to keep fighting in the West against his political enemy. His reversal today undermines his administration, and there are growing indications he will step down as head of the military government. Yahya has already been criticized for his brutal repression of the Bengali separatist movement, which has renamed East Pakistan as Bangladesh. It appears that the separatists may actually benefit from the fighting, because India has managed to defeat most of Yahya's military forces in East Pakistan. |
| 11/30/1989 | Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister. |
| 11/16/1908 | Bommi Narsingh Reddy, famous film story writer, was born. |
| 12/27/1911 | Jana Gana Mana.... ,' India ' s National Anthem, was first sung at the Indian National Congress session held at Calcutta. |
| 9/11/1985 | Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India. |
| 2/6/1954 | Kashmir Assembly accepts re-unification with India. |
| 8/26/1975 | Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, died. |
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