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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 |
| 6/13/1932 | Nirmalchandra Sen, great revolutionary, died. |
| 3/3/1847 | Alexander Graham Bell, great pioneer, inventor and professor, was born at Edinburgh, Scotland. |
| 3/10/1993 | The 12-day-old caretaker ministry in Tripura led by Samir Ranjan Burman resigns. |
| 2/18/1994 | India rejects OIC offer to mediate on Kashmir. |
| 2/12/1999 | The Centre dismisses the Rabri Devi Government in Bihar and imposes President's rule. |
| 12/20/1999 | Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party Chief, opposes signing of CTBT. |
| 3/16/1902 | A. Appadorai, educationist and author, was born at Angadipuram, Kerala. |
| 9/11/1956 | The PM announced in the Lok Sabha the conclusion of the Netaji Inquiry Committee that Netaji did die in an air-crash. |
| 10/23/1999 | V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister, tops the list of star witnesses in Bofors case. |
| 7/1/1879 | Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department. |
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