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Historical Event on 4/26/1926

Karachi Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943).

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/8/1968Jansattak Party established.
4/11/1937Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born.
12/1/1970T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972
5/26/1998Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation.
9/9/2000Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship.
8/23/1872Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, leader, social reformer and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, was born at Kanuparthi village in Ongole district in Andhra Pradesh.
5/11/1999Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19.
8/21/1972A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction.
11/6/1952Dipal Jayant Tilak, journalist and editor, was born.
11/29/1928Krishnaji Narayan Aathaly, great Marathi litterateur and editor, passed away.