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Historical Event on 5/26/1931
One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/23/1942 | Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean. |
| 5/27/1998 | Minoo Masani, 92, co-founder of the Swatantra Party, passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness. |
| 4/23/1938 | Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand. |
| 4/21/1659 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Saint Samarth Ramdas Swami. |
| 5/17/1991 | Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away. |
| 3/3/1906 | Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, was born. |
| 8/1/1952 | Nationalised Airways at Safdarjung, New Delhi inaugurated by Nehru. |
| 12/6/1971 | US bars aid to India for aggression against Pakistan. |
| 7/4/1902 | Swami Vivekanand (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta), Indian religious leader and social reformer, died at Memorial Rock, KanyaKumari. His brilliant career came to a sudden end only at the age of 39. |
| 4/6/1956 | Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92),was born in Rajapur, Maharashtra. He has received Arjun Award (1981) and Padmashree (1987). |
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