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Historical Event on 5/26/1916

Rangnath Manohar Joshi (Nirmal Guruji), Marathi author, was born.

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3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
4/19/1976Indira Gandhi proposes a resumption of ties with Pakistan in New Delhi.
11/20/1998V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from investors, is arrested in Mumbai.
9/5/1904Bhalchandra Pandharinath Bahirat, editor and expert of Saint literature, was born.
11/14/1681East India Company declared Bengal as a seperate presidency.
12/14/1999G.M.C. Balayogi, Lok Sabha speaker, presents a draft for over Rs. 32 lakhs to the Prime Minister for the Kargil Fund.
12/14/1999Sikh Guru Amardasji, great social worker and teacher, was born at Basare village near Amritsar district.
6/1/1930First Indian luxurious fast train 'Deccan Queen' started from Victoria Terminus (CST) to Pune.
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