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Historical Event on 1/26/2001
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/14/1992 | NTR expels Upendra and six others from Telegu Desam Party. |
| 6/1/1947 | Balbhimraj Gore, litterateur and Hindi critic, was born. |
| 7/16/1990 | O.P.Chautala resigns following directive from JD. |
| 3/28/1978 | Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born. |
| 1/14/1946 | Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed. |
| 9/11/1948 | Mohammad Ali Jinnah, father of Pakistan, died. |
| 12/3/1992 | Indian, UN Operations in Mozambique begins (ONUMOZ - Dec 92 to Oct 94) |
| 1/19/2000 | Railways retains the Lady Ratan Trophy Women's National Hockey championship. |
| 2/11/1997 | India and Russia agree on a package of trade and economic cooperation measures, following Foreign Minister I K Gujral's discussions in Moscow. |
| 9/3/1906 | Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'. |
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