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Historical Event on 8/26/1852

Bombay Association was established.

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4/30/1888Hailsones kill 246 in Moradabad.
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12/17/1830Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, died.
8/12/1973Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu, died.
4/15/1992Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.
12/12/1964Maithili Sharan Gupta, famous Indian poet, Hindi litterateur, writer, social worker, patriot and Padma Bhushan awardee, died.
5/13/1971General Insurance nationalized.
9/29/1942The British police shot Matangini Hazra, a 72-year old woman of Tamluk town in Midnapur district, when she was leading the flag at Tamluk in August movement procession.
1/23/1909New direct 7,000-mile telegraphic link with India is hailed as a great achievement at London.
4/10/1997Announcement of UP's 70th new district to be re-named after Jyotiba Phule.