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Historical Event on 1/26/1996
47th Republic Day celebrated;Chief Guest was Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/22/1994 | G. N. Joshi, famous singer, died. |
| 7/22/1925 | Govind Talwalkar, famous journalist and editor, was born. |
| 2/12/1997 | Standard Bank tri-series final between India and South Africa abandoned due to rain. |
| 7/2/1941 | Muhammad Baqa Jilani, one Test for India, 0-55, died at the age of 29. |
| 9/19/1990 | Rajeev Goswami, a student of Delhi University, attempts to self immolate himself in protest against the implementation of Mandal Commission Report. |
| 9/2/1996 | Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand beats Garry Kasparov in Rapid Chess tournament in Geneva. |
| 9/24/1922 | Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah. |
| 2/12/1960 | Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers. |
| 5/19/1908 | Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born. |
| 9/12/1898 | Baldev Prasad Mishra, Hindi litterateur, was born. |
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