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Historical Event on 4/26/1908

Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/30/1991Sabi Fernandes, senior photographer of Indian Express Newspaper Group, died.
8/15/1996Deve Gowda speaks in Hindi on the occasion of the 50th Independence Day.
1/12/1948Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.
9/1/1956Pakistani troops infiltrated the Line of Control in Kashmir.
9/29/1992Ramesh Krishnan and Leander Paes put India into the World round of 16 nations in the Davis Cup tennis by defeating Britain (4-1)
8/9/1998India moves the World Trade Organisation against the European Union reimposing anti-dumping duties on unbleached cotton gray fabric imports.
1/1/1992Petrol and diesel price hiked in 11 states to make it uniform all over the country.
7/19/1998The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly.
7/19/1969Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.
3/26/1931New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies.