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Historical Event on 1/26/1950
Government of India accepted the National Emblem. It consisted of Head of Lion which is taken from Ashok piller situated near Sarnath.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/20/1970 | Establishment of Muslim Satyashodhak Samaj. |
| 6/6/2000 | Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai. |
| 9/9/1999 | Mr. V. Sudarshan, Foreign Editor of The Pioneer till recently gets the Appan Menon Award. |
| 8/17/1997 | Leander-Mahesh duo wins International ATP doubles in Connecticut. |
| 2/7/1999 | Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble became the second only bowler in Test history after J.C. Laker (England) to take all ten wickets in an innings against Pakistan in the second Test in Delhi. |
| 11/3/1984 | 3,000 die in a three-day anti-Sikh riotsin India. |
| 12/25/1919 | Naushad, famous film music director, was born. |
| 1/14/1980 | Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984. |
| 8/11/1911 | Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born. |
| 1/31/1994 | Milind Desai, 12, the youngest editor in Gujarati journalism, died of leukemia. |
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