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Historical Event on 6/26/1888

Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1997The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus.
3/26/1938Laxminath Bezbarua, great littearateur of modern Assamia language, passed away.
10/28/1996Press Council of India to set up a 5-member committee headed by Chairman P.B. Sawant to inquire into the attack on journalists outside the New Delhi residence of Kanshi Ram.
12/20/1948Ladha Ramji, brother of Amar Singh and played his only Test vs Eng in 1933-34, died at Rajkot.
6/25/1997USA & India sign a new bilateral treaty for the extradition of fugitive offenders.
10/15/1996Kerala CM Nayanar says Governors are not necessary in states.
5/21/1835Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born.
7/16/1996The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'.
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
8/15/1992Karnataka seeks army help to nab sandal wood smuggler Veerappan.