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Historical Event on 10/26/1981
Dattatrey Ramchandra Bendre, Gyanpeet awardee and Kannad poet, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/28/1928 | Baburao Sadvelkar, famous painter, was born. |
| 3/23/1931 | Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev, great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, were hanged for assasination of Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Central Jail at Lahore. Bhagat Singh and his associates showed no signs of any fear as they kissed the noose, chanting ""Inquilab Zindabad"" (long live the revolution). |
| 6/1/1959 | N.G. Ranga resigned from the Indian National Congress and took up the leadership of the newly formed Swatantra Party. |
| 6/16/1893 | Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, social worker and industrialist, was born at Athikkadu Thekkur in Tamil Nadu. |
| 7/13/1907 | Hari Vishnu Kamat, great politician, was born. |
| 5/5/1946 | Simla Conference in session from May 5 to May 12; Gandhiji's deliberations prove anfractuous. |
| 7/27/1994 | Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses. |
| 12/19/1999 | The President and the Prime Minister express shock over the bid to assassinate the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga. |
| 12/29/1977 | World's biggest Drive-In theatre started screening in Bombay. |
| 11/3/1961 | Gold Bond scheme was started to boost Indian economy after Indo-China war. |
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