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Historical Event on 2/26/1975

Bhanubhai Shah established the first kite museum of India called 'Shankar Kendara' in Ahmedabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/12/1992The four-member break-away group of Telugu Desam recognised by Lok Sabha speaker.
3/21/1998Jaswant Singh is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission after the resignation of Prof. Madhu Dandavate.
2/11/1942Jamnalal Bajaj, greatest iIndustrialist, social reformer, freedom fighter and Gandhiwadi, passed away.
1/17/1601Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India.
12/21/1903Bhalchandra Digambar Garware, famous industrailist, was born.
6/23/1953Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician, national leader and founder of JanSangh Party, died at Srinagar while in detention.
10/1/1997Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries.
3/31/1964Tram-way service ended in Mumbai (Bombay). This last electric tram left Bori Bunder (CST) for Dadar at 10 p.m., crowds lined the route all the way at that late hour to bid farewell to the common man's transport medium.
4/21/1946Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971).
9/1/1995Chandrababu Naidu assumes office as the new CM of Andhra Pradesh.