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Historical Event on 10/26/1932

Chinadorai Deshmutu, Indian field hockey player (Olympics-1952), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/8/1995ONGC's oil rig blow out at Pasalapudi site in Andhra Pradesh.
6/12/1990Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1D) launched. This is an operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was launched by US Delta launch vehicle, Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA.
10/12/1935Shivraj Vishwanath Patil, former Speaker of Lok Sabha, was born
7/29/1876Indian Science Congress Association was established in Bowbazar Street of Calcutta.
2/4/1934Madhusudan Das ""Utkal Gourab"", passed away. He was described as a great Indian patriot, who wore himself out is giving shape and reality to various nation-building schemes. He wrote a number of articles and poems both in Oriya, English and Bengali to fill people with enthusiasm and patriotism. He was the first non-official Vice Chairman and then Chairman of Cuttack District Board.
1/22/1901Nirmal Kumar Bose was born.
5/26/2000In a significant development, the Government decides to allow disinvestment up to 60 per cent equity of Air India.
2/4/1910New Press Censorship bill announced; govt. say repressive measures necessary to halt unrest.
3/8/1986L.K. Advani elected President of BJP.
3/29/1857Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.