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Historical Event on 1/26/1972

Amar Jawan, a national memorial, established at India Gate, New Dehli.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/18/1990Pandit Narayan Chaturvedi, senior Hindi litterateur, died.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
9/5/1888Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), panentheist, great renaissance philosopher, eminent writer, free India's first vice-president and second president, was born at Tiruttani near Madras.
8/21/1978Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets.
10/6/1969Bruna Coutinho, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Calangute, Goa. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1996.
7/20/1654Portugal was taken over by Britishers.
3/1/1979Jairamdas Doulatram, great national leader, freedom fighter and journalist, passed away at Delhi. He played a vital role to recognised Sindhi as one of the national laguages of India.
3/5/1992Sunder, comedy actor, passed away.
7/16/1990O.P.Chautala resigns following directive from JD.
7/13/1995Devyani Chaubal, film journalist, passed away.