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Historical Event on 9/26/1919

Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/1919Jaikisan Harivallabhdas, great industrialist, was born.
7/11/1882Baba Kanshi Ram, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Dada Siba village, Tehsil Dehra District, Kangra.
10/14/1956Dr. Bhimrao Ramji, Ambedkar and about two lakh scheduled caste men and women embraced Buddhism in Nagpur.
5/1/1997Anand wins all three categories in Amber chess tournament in Monte Carlo.
5/23/1998L. K. Advani, Home Minister, is to look after J&K affairs.
6/25/1998Sikh high priests exonerate the Akali Dal leader and chief of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Gurcharan Singh Tohra, of charges of violating a ``Hukumnama'' (religious edict) issued by the Akal Takht, which prescribed a complete boycott of the members of the Nirankari missions for their ''blasphemous'' activities.
4/11/2000Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'.
1/5/1948Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's), was born in Alwar, Rajasthan.
1/25/1989Congress-I ministry headed by S. C. Jamir assumes office in Nagaland.
2/27/1999Union Budget presented. Fiscal deficit cut to 4.4 per cent.