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Historical Event on 1/26/2000

Mr. K. Vadivel Raj gets the 1999 Kabir Puraskar for rescuing 11 persons of another community during caste violence in September 1998 in a village in Tamil Nadu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/10/1891Gandhiji called to the Bar.
12/11/1999Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.
9/11/1968Central Government provides more autonomy to hilly region of Assam.
9/11/1968Babur won the first Panipat battle and entered in North India's capital Agra.
5/21/1935Quetta earthquake takes a heavy toll of life.
5/19/1975Farm truck packed with wedding party run over by a train, killing 66 in truck, at 40 miles south of Pune.
3/15/1983Farukh Abdul Latif, great politician and journalist, was born.
7/7/1901J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta.
3/3/1952The Indian National Congress secured absolute majority in the Lok Sabha in the General elections.
11/9/1977Keshavrao Bhole, great music director, passed away.