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Historical Event on 1/26/2000
Mr. K. Vadivel Raj gets the 1999 Kabir Puraskar for rescuing 11 persons of another community during caste violence in September 1998 in a village in Tamil Nadu.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/6/1847 | Saint Tyagaraja, great musician, died. |
| 2/13/1991 | Surjit Singh Barnala resigns as Governor of Tamil Nadu. |
| 8/26/1997 | Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K. |
| 11/30/1982 | World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi. |
| 1/14/1760 | Eyree Coote, British Army Captain, captured and surrendered Pondicherry, capitulated French General Lally. |
| 4/21/1991 | Hastmalji Maharaj, Jainbhumi parampujya, passed away. |
| 2/25/1927 | Balkrishna Buwa Echalkaranjikar, father of `Khyal Gayaki', passed away. |
| 2/17/1980 | Indira Gandhi dissolves nine state assemblies led by opposition. She imposed presidential rule in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, M.P., Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat. |
| 5/18/1999 | R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai. |
| 3/24/1990 | Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka. |
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