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Historical Event on 1/26/1995
Three powerful bombs rip through a celebration at a sports stadium in Kashmir as the State Governor addresses the crowd;7 people killed and 47 injured.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/2/1905 | Jainendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist and patriot, was born. |
| 1/2/1905 | Nasiru'd-din Muhammad Shah I passed away. His son-in-law Ghiyasu'd-din Balban succeeded Nasiru'd-din Mahmud in Delhi. |
| 9/20/1921 | Pamanmal Hazari Punjabi, right-hand batsman (164 runs in five tests vs Pakistan in 1954-55), was born at Karachi. |
| 9/12/1686 | Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist. |
| 1/17/1888 | Babu Gulab Rai, famous Hindi essy writer, critic and historian, was born. |
| 1/17/1888 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe. |
| 1/23/1809 | Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Khinda village in the north of Sambalpur at Orissa. |
| 8/27/1781 | Haider Ali and the Britishers fought the battle of Pallilore. |
| 7/24/1991 | Union budget imposes all-round price hike. |
| 2/21/1952 | General Election ( 1st) of India ends. |
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