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Historical Event on 8/26/1967

Dilawar Hussain, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper in the 1930's), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/17/1904Naoomal Jeoomal Makhija, cricketer, pioneer Indian Test opening batsman, Right Arm Bowler and played 3 matches, was born at Karachi.
7/12/1965Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (son of Vijay, Indian middle-order batsman), was born in Mangalore.
4/24/1944Shivprasad Gupta, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, passed away.
1/12/1708Shahu was crowned as the Maratha ruler. Shahu, son of Sambhaji, entered Satara and released Aurangzeb's son Azam the previous year.
10/15/1915Dr. I. Gopalkrishnan, Cricket Test Umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Tamil Nadu.
2/6/1915Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) was born at Bandnagar, MP.
4/8/1991Prafulla Kumar Mahanta,Assam CM, steps down as party chief.
10/26/1890Martyr Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was born at Allahabad. He was also the editor of revolutionary weekly 'Pratap'.
10/26/1890Firuz Shah Tughluq(1351-88), nephew of Muhammad Tughluq, succeded as emperor of Delhi.
7/16/1969Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/01/1973.