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Historical Event on 1/26/1926

V. G. Kanitkar, famous Marathi literatteur, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.
12/17/1978Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died.
7/26/1614Jahangir captured Mewar from Rana Amar Singh. A treaty was signed. In the Mughal court, Rana and his son were treated with exceptional courtesy.
2/18/1931Swraj Paul, Indian and British industrialist and multi-millionaire (Caparo), was born.
9/10/1943Satyendra Chandra Bardhan, Vakkom Abdul Khader, Fouja Singh, Boniface Pereira and Anandan were hanged on charges of conspiracy to ""wage war against the King"" under the Ememy Agents Ordinance (which was given retrospective effect) at Madras Jail. They sang Vande Mataram and shouted ""Bharat Mata Ki Jai"" when they were being hanged.
1/1/1950Inauguration of National Chemical Laboratory at Mumbai.
4/16/1934Ram Damodar Naik was born in Sangli (Maharashtra).
7/20/1924Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha.
2/21/1952The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.
1/23/1993Indian Airlines B737 crashes at Aurangabad, 61 die.