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Historical Event on 4/26/1762

Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1946The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
12/24/1921Rabindranath Tagore established ""Visva Bharati"" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest.
10/16/1999Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99'
9/25/1914Devilal, former deputy Prime Minister of India and leader of farmers, was born.
6/22/1996Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test debut.
1/24/1870Muddan, famous Kannad poet and novelist, was born.
1/29/1939Radical Subhas Chandra Rose beats Gandhi's candidature to become Indian President.
6/12/1997Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354).
1/29/1998Suicide by more than 50 farmers reported in the Telangana region in the past few days.
7/15/1992Lucknow High Court stays any construction activity near the disputed temple in Ayodhya.