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Historical Event on 8/26/1975
Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/17/1991 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950). |
| 9/1/1913 | Snehangshu Kanta Acharya, politician, social reformer, lawyer and athelete, was born. |
| 2/10/1691 | Job Charnock established the first English factory in Calcutta. |
| 1/6/1999 | Shiv Sena activists dug up the Kotla pitch in Delhi with a view to prevent the Indo-Pakistan first Test which was to commence from Jan. 28. |
| 6/25/1880 | Syed Muhammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, professor, writer and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, was born at Mustafabad village in the Rae Bareli district of U.P. |
| 10/28/1947 | Sheikh Mohammad Abdulla invited to form an interim government in J&K. |
| 4/1/1941 | Ajit Laxman Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt and Team Manager), was born in Bombay. He has received the Arjun Award (1967) and Padmashree (1972). |
| 4/1/1941 | Muhammad Tughluq Shah II passed away at Sindh. |
| 11/27/1984 | Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay. |
| 1/12/1992 | India and Russia sign a new political treaty. |
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