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Historical Event on 1/26/2000

Mr. K. Vadivel Raj gets the 1999 Kabir Puraskar for rescuing 11 persons of another community during caste violence in September 1998 in a village in Tamil Nadu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/1992Security scam: assets of three SBI officials attached.
5/31/1998B. R. Rawat, an Indian diplomat, is assaulted by a Pakistani private security guard in Islamabad.
10/12/1991Sonia Gandhi declineed to contest from Amethi.
3/6/1775Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War.
4/5/1930Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small costal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed ""Salt Law"". This event is known as 'Dandi March' and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
12/31/1966Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.
10/4/1999Rest of India won the Zal Irani Trophy in Bangalore.
7/7/1948Damodar Valley Corporation, first public corporation, was established.
6/20/1873Young Men Christian Association of India was established in Calcutta.
1/17/1889Shri Baldev Ramji Mirdha, great social worker, leader and politician, was born in village Kuchera, district Nagaur of Rajasthan.