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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 09/26/1793 |
Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist and social worker, was born in Kona village, 24 Parganas (north), West Bengal. |
| 09/26/1820 |
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal. |
| 09/26/1904 |
R. V. Jagirdar, famous Kannad play writer, was born. |
| 09/26/1911 |
Prat Kumar Sinha, cricket Test empire for 2 tests from 1948-53, was born in Bengal. |
| 09/26/1919 |
Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held. |
| 09/26/1923 |
Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born. |
| 09/26/1931 |
At Lancashire, Gandhi sees textile workers hurt by Indian boycott but says home spinning must go on. |
| 09/26/1931 |
Vijay Laxman Manjrekar, cricketer (father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman), was born in Bombay. |
| 09/26/1932 |
Gandhiji breaks fast on Indian government's acceptance of his demand regarding Harijans. |
| 09/26/1932 |
Dr. Manmohan Singh, former finance minister, economist and Governor of R.B.I., was born. |
| 09/26/1946 |
Gandhiji was interviewed with Wavell. |
| 09/26/1956 |
Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great social reformer, industrialist, patriot and founder of the Kirloskar Industries, passed away at the age of 88. |
| 09/26/1975 |
Notification to pay equal payment to both men and women workers was promulgated. |
| 09/26/1975 |
Constitution (39th Amendment) Bill 1975, placing election of the President, Vice President, Prime Minister and Speaker of the Lok Sabha beyond the scrutiny of the judiciary, approved by Parliament. |
| 09/26/1977 |
Uday Shankar (Chowdhury), producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana', passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravishankar. His main achievement was the blending of the Indian classical style with the Western Ballet and various folk dances. |
| 09/26/1979 |
Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal. |
| 09/26/1985 |
P.T. Usha sets record for 100m (Women) in 11.39 seconds at Jakarta. |
| 09/26/1991 |
Ordinance to amend MRTP Act and the Companies Act totally removes pre-entry restrictions on new industrial houses and expansion of the existing ones. |
| 09/26/1992 |
Indian Airlines hike fare by 9 percent. |
| 09/26/1996 |
CBI chargesheeted Rao in St. Kitts case. |
| 09/26/1996 |
High Court rejected Rao's petition for anticipatory bail in Pathak cheating case. |
| 09/26/1996 |
Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966. |
| 09/26/1998 |
Sachin Tendulkar make a record 127 runs against Zimbabwe at Calcutta. |
| 09/26/1999 |
Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science. |
| 09/26/1999 |
Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, dispatched a team of experts to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to assess the water storage position. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 09/26/1996 | High Court rejected Rao's petition for anticipatory bail in Pathak cheating case. |
| 08/05/1969 | Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer (consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996-), was born in Bangalore. |
| 07/01/1962 | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great leader, veteran nationalist, politician, professor, physician and architect, passed away. |
| 05/09/1981 | Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden. |
| 02/06/1959 | Ann Chandy was appointed the first Woman judge of Kerala High Court. In 1937, she became the 'munsif'. |
| 11/30/1999 | Prof. M. N. Sromovas, (83), well-known Sociologist in Bangalore, died. |
| 03/24/2000 | Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways. |
| 02/23/1962 | Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started. |
| 09/18/2000 | President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee. |
| 05/14/1978 | Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, passed away. |
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