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Historical Event on 7/26/1991

Tamil Nadu and Karnataka observe bandh over Cauvery water issue.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/1894Rangnath Ramchandra Diwakar, Gandhian leader, was born.
10/23/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose inaugurated the Rani Jhansi Brigade in Azad Hind Army and announced war against the British Empire.
2/24/1996Naresh Chandra appointed India's ambassador to USA.
3/1/1910The Dalai Lama is welcomed in Darjeeling.
1/21/1956Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries.
9/12/1961Nalin Vilochan Sharma, great Hindi critic, died.
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
11/11/1793English pioneer missionary William Carey, 32, reached Calcutta five months after setting sail for India. Later, Carey founded the Baptist Missionary Society, the first of the British Protestant missions agencies.
4/13/1994United Arab Emirates lost to India in its first official ODI.
11/28/1990President's rule imposed in Assam. Assembly kept in suspended animation. United Liberation Front of Assam and National Socialist Council of Nagaland banned.