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Historical Event on 1/26/2001

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/23/1997Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka set deadline upto 31st October for sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to surrender.
8/8/1990Violent protests rock Bihar against Mandal Commission Report implementation.
11/29/1926Prabhakar Narayan Padhye (Bhau Padhye), great journalist and litterateur, was born.
6/30/1991A 36-member Congress ministry led by Hiteswar Saikia assumes office in Assam.
1/28/1898Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India.
3/3/1999Four members of the forward Bhumihar community and alleged members of the Ranbir Sena are gunned down by an armed squad of the People's War Group in Bhimpura village of Jehanbad district in Bihar.
3/11/1881Ashley Eden unveiled in Calcutta Town Hall the first statue of Indians Ram Nath Tagore and Dwarkanath Tagore.
8/6/1994The Muslim Auqaf Trust takes over charge of the Hazratbal shrine after the removal of security bunkers around it by authorities.
6/19/1979Morarji Desai resigns after split in Janata Party.
9/27/1989Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died.