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Historical Event on 3/26/1980

Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police).

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/2/1756Fort William, the English stronghold in Bengal, was surrendered to Siraj-ud-Daulah.
12/13/1994Vishwanath Annappa Tatyasaheb Kore, Padmashri awardee, passed away.
1/22/1858Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was sentenced to death.
1/1/1995Raman Lamba & Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi.
5/15/1998The Indian Army at Chandilora (Tangmey) captured 15 kg charas, 400 gm dust of charas and 12 kg leaves of charas.
7/27/1994Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses.
1/29/1780Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first news paper in India, was published in English in Calcutta .
2/25/1844Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, was born.
1/11/1921Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, drama writer and journalist, passed away.
10/21/1998Ajit alias Hamid Ali Khan (76), Hindi film actor, dies in Hyderabad.