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Historical Event on 1/26/1996
47th Republic Day celebrated;Chief Guest was Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/20/1933 | Annie Besant, veteran freedom fighter for India, died. |
| 2/23/1993 | India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England. |
| 5/18/1926 | Naranjan Bhagat, famous Gujrathi poet, was born. |
| 10/28/1888 | Gandhiji reaches London. Lives on vegatarian diet. Takes lessons in dancing and music for a short time, thinking they are necessary parts of a gentleman's equipment. |
| 11/12/1996 | Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana. |
| 3/23/1947 | Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India. |
| 5/2/1930 | Riots break out in Amritsar. |
| 8/9/1911 | Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay. |
| 10/2/1906 | Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour. |
| 7/17/1974 | J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly. |
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