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Historical Event on 12/26/1831
Hennry Louis Vivian Derozio passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/26/1990 | V. Shantaram, veteran film producer, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 90 years in Bombay. |
| 9/25/1946 | Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970). |
| 8/16/1901 | Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born. |
| 2/4/1976 | Lok Sabha's life extended by one year. |
| 1/17/1923 | Rangey Raghav, famous hindi writer, was born. |
| 11/11/1980 | The Hindustan Times says the 'British have reverted to what they basically are & a small, little people with small, little minds inhabiting a small, little island in the Atlantic.' |
| 2/16/1942 | The third IAF unit to operate the Lysander was No.4 Squadron, formed with four aircraft on 16 February 1942. This squadron was to continue to operate the Westland aircraft until it too was re-equipped with the Hurricane in June 1943. |
| 7/18/1987 | Arun Singh, union minister of state for defence, resigns from the cabinet. |
| 1/29/1997 | Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'. |
| 5/31/1996 | J. H. Patel sworn in Karnataka CM. |
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