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Historical Event on 3/26/1990

Maniben Patel, daughter of Sardar Vallabhai Patel, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/19/1978Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for second time.
4/12/2000Ban on LTTE for two more years from May 14, says the Union Home Minister L. K. Advani.
7/2/1928Nandkishor Bal, great Odia poet, passed away.
11/19/2000Indian girls lifts Asian junior title in the inaugural Asian Hockey Federation cup under-18 championship in Hong Kong.
7/23/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Prime Minister and Gorbachev sign joint declaration committing their countries to building a nuclear-free and non-violent world in the first Indian-Soviet summit in the post-Gorbachev Soviet Union in Moscow.
6/18/1974Govinddas Seth, Hindi litterateur and politician, died.
10/1/1909Gandhiji wrote to Tolstoy regarding Passive Resistance movement.
3/10/1940Banwarilal Bhagwandas Purohit, famous leader of Vidarbha, was born.
11/17/1928Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore after being seriously wounded in the barbarous lathi charge of 30th October. He is referred as the ""Lion of Punjab"" or ""Punjab Kesari"" and is remembered as freedom fighter, nationalist, educationist, lawyer, thinker, writer, social reformer, orator and a passionate fighter for the revival of the ancient Indian culture and
1/15/1949General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.