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Historical Event on 2/26/1858
Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/3/1939 | Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention. |
| 10/24/1992 | Narmada, World Bank sets time to correct defects. |
| 12/8/1922 | Hari Prasad Sharma, cricket Test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Delhi. |
| 12/12/1976 | Madanlal Dhingra's ashes were brought to India. |
| 1/12/1949 | Tej Bahadur Saproo, liberal leader, passed away. He was a strong believer in constitution and not in revolutions. |
| 10/5/1997 | Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998) |
| 3/30/1923 | New financial measures come into force, including restoration of Salt Tax. |
| 9/19/2000 | Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics. |
| 8/4/1935 | Government of India got the Royal Assent Act 1935. |
| 10/25/1989 | P. Baiju, Anand Shetty, Arjun Deviah, Ananda Natarajan set a record for India at the 4x100m relay meet in 40.14s at Islamabad. |
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