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Historical Event on 2/26/1971

Noel David, Hyderabad off-spinner who played ODI in 1997, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/8/1999The President formally revokes the proclamation imposing Central rule in Bihar after this was decided by the Union Cabinet earlier in the day.
1/16/1945Kabir Bedi, famous Hindi and foreign actor (Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry), was born.
4/2/1994Governor Bhanu Prakash Singh dismisses Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa.
11/6/2000Richa Mishra creates a national record in the women's 400m individual medley in 5.15.28sec in the 55th Senior National Aquatic championship in Calcutta.
3/13/1938Hitler merged Austria in Germany.
7/16/1996The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'.
6/11/1996Narasimha Rao's name figures in fresh FIR on bribing JMM MPs case.
2/22/1946Curfew imposed till 9 p.m. by the British in Bombay as rioting and looting continued for the second day.
7/12/1970Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives.
7/1/1961Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal.