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Historical Event on 5/26/1983
R. V. Marathe, father of Postal Index, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/8/1946 | India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles. |
| 10/9/2000 | A special court convicts former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha and her associate Sasikala and sentences them to undergo three years imprisonment and two years rigorous imprisonment in two 'Tansi land deal' cases. |
| 9/23/1858 | Grant Duf, historian who studied Maratha history, died. |
| 8/27/1998 | India's cricket sensation Sachin Tendulkar has an audience with the legendary Sir Don Bradman at the latter's 90th birthday celebrations in Adelaide. |
| 12/22/1975 | Vishnupant Purshottam Bhagwat, editor, publisher and printer of monthly magzine ""Satyakatha"", d |
| 9/28/1991 | Shankar Guha Niyogi, an active trade union leader of Madhya Pradesh, was shot dead by unknown assailants. |
| 12/26/1914 | Dr. Shushila Nair, social reformer, was born in village Kunjah, district Gunjra, Punjab (now Pakistan). She dedicated her life to serve Gandhiji and Gandhi Ashram and also performed the duties of Indian citizen by taking active participation in freedom movement. |
| 2/16/1962 | General Election ( 3rd) of India begins. |
| 4/14/1944 | Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food. |
| 10/6/1990 | Justice Ranganath Mishra sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court. |
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