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Historical Event on 1/26/2001

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1956India gets $ 360 million loan as food aid.
8/28/1667Sardar Jay Singh I, the famous king- Mirza Raja, a ruler of the kingdom of Amber (later called Jaipur) also in Aurangzeb's kingdom, passed away at Barhanpur.
2/13/1968Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha.
3/22/1947India's Last Viceroy Lord Louise Mountbatten came to India.
10/10/1964Olympics opened at Tokyo
5/29/1952The Socialist Party and Krishak Mazdoor Praja Party decide to form a single parliamentary party.
6/26/1982First Boeing 707 of Air India `Gaurishankar' was crashed at Sahar Airport (Bombay).
12/7/1993Lalthanhwala sworn in CM of Mizoram.
1/15/1956Erach Jahangir Sorabji Taraporewala, famous Indian language expert, passed away.
9/18/1932A Hindu delegation is given permission to interview Gandhi, currently held in prison and undertaking a hunger strike. On arrival, they also find he has taken a vow of silence.