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Historical Event on 2/26/1996

Parliament's budget session opens.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1905Shyamji Krishna Varma established India House in London to help Indians visiting England. He also established the Indian Home Rule society, which helped him to raise his voice against British Domination in India.
3/2/1957Central Warehouse Corporation established.
9/5/1967Central Hindi Committee constituted under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister.
10/1/1958Metric System of weights was introduced in India.
4/7/1986Charles Sobhraj and his associate David Hall were nabbed at Mapusa in Goa.
1/22/1989Madhya Pradesh CM Arjun Singh resigns on Churhat lottery case grounds.
3/6/1998A Congress(I) Ministry headed by Virbhadra Singh is sworn in at Himachal Pradesh.
1/1/1969B. Sivaraman was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-11-1970.
4/10/1996The marketing of Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Moor's Last Sigh' in India was cleared by the Central govt.
4/30/1870Dadasaheb Phalke alias Dhundiraj Gobind Phalke was born at Trymbakeshwar near Nasik, Maharashtra. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra' and founded Phalke & Co. at Bombay. He was a director, producer, writer, editor & laboratorian, portrait photographer and also a scene-painter.