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Historical Event on 3/26/1972
The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri.
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| 11/24/1989 | Tendulkar scores a record cricket test 50 aged 16 years 214 days. |
| 7/6/1939 | Manmohan Sood, cricketer (scored 0 & 3 in his only Test for India), was born in Lahore. |
| 8/15/1990 | GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday. |
| 8/9/1997 | Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta. |
| 11/16/1991 | Madhukar Karekar, famous journalist, died |
| 11/28/1998 | The Congress(I) wins the Assembly elections in Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. |
| 2/2/1989 | France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta. |
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