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Historical Event on 2/26/1857

First Indian Revolution called the Sepoy Mutiny ends in a few months with the fall of Delhi and Lucknow which broke out in Berhampore by the 19th Bengal Infantry.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1930A raid of nationalists on salt works in Dharasana results in 630 casualties and the arrest of Mrs. Naidy, leader of the civil disobedience campaign.
5/12/1955The PM laid the foundation stone for the National Museum.
12/7/1989Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister.
9/27/2000Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics.
8/13/1951Acharya Kishoridas Vajpayee passed away.
9/5/1888Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), panentheist, great renaissance philosopher, eminent writer, free India's first vice-president and second president, was born at Tiruttani near Madras.
3/17/1997A Delhi court sentences former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai to 10 years RI.
5/19/1908Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born.
8/30/1983Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle.
5/5/1929Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.