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Historical Event on 2/26/1915

Pran Nath Chhuttani, great physician and teacher, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1986Dr. Indrachandra Shastri, versatile in Sanskrit and Pali, died.
5/20/1965Under the leadership of Commander M. S. Kohli, Indian Trackers concurred Mount Everest. Captain A. S. Chima and Sherpa Nawang Gombu were the first to reach the summit.
5/12/1992Security scandal, RBI extends probe to four foreign banks.
1/6/1664Chhatrapati Shivaji attacked on Surat.
8/20/1993Mother Teresa hospitalized for malaria.
8/27/1859Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, was born.
7/12/1980Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
1/23/199750,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down.
10/23/1985Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN.