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Historical Event on 02/26/0320

Chandragupta I succeeded his father Ghatotkacha at Patliputra. He is known for establishing the Gupta dynasty. Gupta era begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/14/1998India is elected chairperson of the World Intellectual Property Organisation's standing panel on information technology in relation to Intellectual Property Rights.
5/2/1996Controversial godman Chandraswami arrested and sent to high security Tihar jail on a day's judicial custody by a Delhi court for allegedly cheating NRI businessman Lakhubhai Pathak of $1 lakh in 1983.
1/28/2000Indian junior cricket team wins the Youth cricket World Cup.
4/8/1759British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India.
4/18/1930Surya Sen alias Masterda attacked on Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army.
10/5/1890Kishorlal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, was born.
1/22/1963The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun.
5/2/1908Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot.
9/16/1996First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto.
2/6/1985Vikram Kumar, Soccer(Football) player, was born.