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Historical Event on 5/26/1916
Rangnath Manohar Joshi (Nirmal Guruji), Marathi author, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/31/1706 | Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674. |
| 12/15/1912 | Aspy Merwan, engineer and who became the Air Marchal of India, was born. |
| 9/27/1995 | Cellular phone service operates for the first time in Delhi. |
| 11/12/1969 | Indira Gandhi, who was expelled from Congress for indiscipline during President elections, made a large split and formed her own Congress Party with Jagjivan Ram as President. The party is recognised as Congress (I). |
| 1/14/1990 | J&K Governor quits. |
| 6/25/1888 | Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born. |
| 9/4/1862 | Kaminikumar Chanda, social reformer and politician, was born. |
| 1/20/1996 | The Indian Army conducted United Nation Peacekeeping Keeping Operations in New Delhi from 20 to 26 Jan 1996, wherein delegates from UN HQ and 17 foreign countries of the Asia-Pacific region participated. The Under Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, was the chief guest. |
| 4/19/1950 | Shyama Prasad Mukherji resigned. He was the first Minister of Central Cabinet. |
| 10/20/1969 | Punjabrao Agriculture University established. |
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