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Historical Event on 2/26/1937

Manmohan Desai, film producer and director, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/4/1994Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns.
9/1/1956Life Insurance Corporation of India was established and all Life Insurance Business Companies were nationalised and merged in this corporation.
2/27/1854Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company.
11/10/1922S. K. Raghunath Rao, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Karnataka.
12/23/1964India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed.
11/6/1951Judge M. Patanjali Sastri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 03/01/1954.
2/22/1905Purushotamsing Bajaj, industrialist and social worker, was born at Shikarpur (Sind).
7/16/1969Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/01/1973.
6/6/2000Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai.
3/16/1986Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail.