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Historical Event on 4/26/1924

Ramabai Ranade, social reformer, passed away. She played a major role in the upliftment of women in India and founded Sevasadan in Bombay, a hostel for the ladies.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1882Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.
10/21/1934Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan and his friends established the 'Congress Socialist Party' and Acharya Narendra Dev was its President and JP was its Gen. Secretary.
1/10/1818The last battle was fought in Rampura between the Marathas and the company.
4/12/1801William Carey fort was appointed the Professor of Bengali Language in fort at William College, Calcutta.
4/11/1964Communist Party of India was divided in two parts. Firstly known as Communist Party of India [CPI], its second fragmentation was named as Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]. This division was on ideological differences at the international level.
12/1/1921Des Raj Kalia, great librarian, was born at Fazilka, Punjab.
1/31/1985Under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment, Anti-Defector Bill was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha. This avoided the Representatives of People to switch over political parties.
10/26/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, visits cyclone-hit areas.
2/8/1994Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432.
9/13/1997Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites.