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Historical Event on 2/26/1972

President Varahgiri Venkat Giri inaugurated the Vikram Earth Satellite Station at Wardha near Arvi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/30/1991Uma Shankar Dixit (90) passed away.
11/15/1989Test debut of Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Yunus at Karachi.
5/15/2000Ghulam Hassan Bhat, Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Power, dies in a powerful IED explosion near Mandipore in Anantnag.
6/7/1998India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars.
6/7/1998Origin of Fasli Era (India).
1/21/1924Professor Madhu Dandavate, former Finance Minister, was born at Ahmednagar.
9/29/1725Robert Clive, one of the founders of British empire in India and diplomat, was born.
1/22/1990FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case.
12/15/1894Saraswatibai, famous singer and classical music expert, was born.
8/4/2000Pranab Mukherjee and S. Jaipal Reddy, Congress(I) leaders, get Best Parliamentarian awards for the year 1997-98.