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Historical Event on 5/26/1916

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/26/1975Notification to pay equal payment to both men and women workers was promulgated.
3/21/1966Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed into polar orbit. This carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) which is for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. Still in service.
9/27/1908Shiv Verma, great soldier, was born.
12/25/1974Indian Aeroplane Jumbo 747 was hijacked and taken over to Rome.
6/28/1995Madhya Pradesh in central India is designated a `tiger state' to protect the animal from poachers and settlers.
11/18/1988Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Delhi on a three-day visit.
9/1/1999Ace athlete Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna; coaches Bahadur Singh, Hargobind Singh (athletics) and Gurbax Singh Sandhu (boxing) the Dronacharya awards during the Arjuna awards function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi.
4/26/1946V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter.
8/29/1992Eco-mark introduced in Indian market to distinguish eco-friendly products, .
8/9/1997Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta.