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Historical Event on 12/26/1914

Dr. Shushila Nair, social reformer, was born in village Kunjah, district Gunjra, Punjab (now Pakistan). She dedicated her life to serve Gandhiji and Gandhi Ashram and also performed the duties of Indian citizen by taking active participation in freedom movement.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/22/1989General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states.
6/1/1996H.D. Deve Gowda's 21-member Central cabinet sworn in.
1/5/1988India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.
7/8/1996T.N. Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner, wins Magsaysay award.
7/9/1994Surendranath, Governor of Punjab, died.
4/29/1979Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away in New Delhi at the age of 93.
4/9/1994C. Rajeshwara Rao, 80, former General Secretary of Communist Party of India, passed away in Hyderabad.
12/16/1999Bill on Cyber law is introduced in the Lok Sabha.
12/3/1971Indo-Pakistan war begins. On the same day National Emergency was declared by the President of India due to war between both the countries.
9/8/1887Swami Sivananda, (1887-1963), religious leader, Hindu universalist renaissance guru, author of 200 books and founder of Divine Life Society with 400 branches worldwide, was born in the quiet village of Pattamadai, District Tirunelveli.