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Historical Event on 9/26/1946

Gandhiji was interviewed with Wavell.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/1933Mahatma Gandhi sentenced to one year imprisonment.
2/22/1958Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government.
9/7/1988President's rule in Mizoram.
10/17/1919The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad.
8/3/199835 persons were killed as Govind Towers at Bandra in Mumbai collapsed.
11/9/1877Muhammad Iqbal, Urdu poet, was born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan).
11/14/1919Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily news paper ""Marathawada"", was born.
2/1/1964Unit Trust of India' established.
6/27/1838Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), famous novelist, ""the father of modern Indian fiction"" and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', was borm at Katalpara near Naihati, West Bengal. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. He was among the first two Bengalee Graduates.
8/3/1967Rasiklal Das, great revolutionary, died.