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Historical Event on 1/26/1981

Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/21/1947The office of Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions), Lahore was bifurcated and the pension work relating to Indian nationals was transferred to Allahabad.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
5/4/1935Dalip Kaur Tiwana, great educationist and writer, was born in Ribbon village, Punjab.
10/1/2000Ram Vilas Paswan, Communications Minister, launched the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited having total functional autonomy.
9/27/1999Harshad Mehta and three others are convicted for misappropriating surplus funds of the Maruti Udyog Ltd.
3/3/1943Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days.
5/19/1990S. R. Bommai unanimously elected President of JD.
12/28/1981New Government led by the Congress (I) leader K. Karunakaran installed in Kerala.
1/28/1998All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty.
5/9/1992M. J. Pherwani, National Housing Bank Chairman, resigns following his bank's involvement in the Security scandal.