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Historical Event on 1/26/1961
Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.

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8/6/1997	Army confirms social activist Sanjay Ghose's death who was abducted by ULFA.
7/12/1960	Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar.
8/14/1987	Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour.
7/20/1991	Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, former Maharaja of Travancore, passed away at the age of 78 years after a brief illness. His term as the descendant of the Chera dynasty saw many progressive reforms in the field of legislation, education and many more. He was hailed as ""Ashoka the second"", and Gandhiji parised him as a ""Historical wonder"".
1/29/1939	Radical Subhas Chandra Rose beats Gandhi's candidature to become Indian President.
4/15/1992	Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.
3/16/1998	Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.
9/29/1996	Water from Krishna river (AP) released for Madras.
6/6/1997	Five killed and 17 injured in a bus explosion in Gurdaspur district of Punjab.
5/1/1913	Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born.

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Historical Event on 1/26/1961 Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.

Historical Event on 1/26/1961
Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.