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Historical Event on 2/26/1975

Bhanubhai Shah established the first kite museum of India called 'Shankar Kendara' in Ahmedabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/26/1927Gulabrai Sipahahimalani Ramchand, cricketer (valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India), was born in Karachi.
12/11/1876Raobahadur Yeshwantrao Harishchandra Desai, famous architect, was born.
9/11/1948Indian Government troops enter in the Hyderabad State.
7/31/1880Nawab Rai\Dhanpat Rai, 'Prem Chand', great litterateur, writer, editor, journalist and headmaster, was born at Lamahi village near Varanasi, UP.
5/28/1895Bagal Bhai Madhavrao Khanderao, freedom fighter, author and painter, was born.
5/20/1976Oil production started from Bombay High.
1/30/1905Pitamber Das, social reformer and politician, was born at Mowana, U.P.
8/26/1914Bengali revolutionaries looted 46,000 bullet ammunition and pistols from Calcutta Port for their revolutionary activities.
8/15/1872Sri Aurobindo Man Mohan Ghosh born in Calcutta. He was a renaissance yoga philosopher, freedom fighter and teacher. His 30-volume work discusses the 'superman', a metaphor for the divinely transformed individual soul. He withdrew from the world in 1910 and founded International Ashram in Pondicherry.
4/14/1988Ashok Kumar, actor, recieved the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.