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Historical Event on 2/26/1946
Mrinal Pandey, famous Hindi columnist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/9/1982 | A group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim started for the first ever Antarctica expedition on December 1981 - Jan 1982. |
| 8/11/1999 | The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec. |
| 1/1/1918 | Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission. |
| 1/11/1955 | Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India. |
| 10/1/1997 | Parliamentarian and All-India Forward Bloc general secretary, Chitta Basu died during his journey by Howrah-bound Danaput Express from Patna. He was 72. |
| 11/19/1993 | Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development awarded to Czech President Vaclav Havel. |
| 8/30/1773 | Narayan Rao Peshwa was murdered by his uncle Raghunath Rao, also called Raghoba, who then proclaimed himself the Peshwa. |
| 5/22/1936 | Lord Brabourne laid the foundation stone of Brabourne Stadium in Bombay. |
| 4/16/1918 | Spike Milligan, famous actor and comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers), was born in India. |
| 9/3/1931 | Kanhaiya Prasad Sharan, politician, journalist and social worker, was born at Muzaffapur, Bihar. |
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