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Historical Event on 2/26/1946

Mrinal Pandey, famous Hindi columnist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1957Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made.
3/25/1905Mirza Rasid Ali Baig, famous Indian politician, was born.
12/20/1959Jasu Patel takes 9-69 during India vs Australia tour at Kanpur.
1/26/1993Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest.
2/28/1919Sunderlal Khurana, great politician and journalist, was born.
2/20/1997RBI relaxes capital adequacy norms for commercial banks.
9/18/1867Ganganendranath Tagore, great painter, patriot and artist, was born in Calcutta.
8/11/1999The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.
9/29/2000Tata Ramachandra Prasad to be the next Cabinet Secretary.
5/25/1933All young Hindus aged between 12 and 25 years were forced to carry identity cards to prevent spread of terrorism.