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Historical Event on 7/26/1933

Gandhiji went back to Sabarmati Ashram after his release from jail.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/6/2000Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai.
7/24/1997Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities.
4/14/1990Veena Vidwan S. Balachander passed away.
7/1/1997Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta.
7/9/1996A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial.
11/16/1877Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat
10/24/1851First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km.
11/2/1956Express Train plunged down the Marudaiyar river embarkment killng 143 persons.
2/10/1846British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India.
1/24/1857Calcutta University established.