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Historical Event on 8/26/1975

Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1994Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait, former Indian Union Muslim League president, floats a new party - the Indian National League.
1/14/1843Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born.
5/5/1992Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched.
3/23/1982Annasaheb Patil, father of Maratha Mahasangh, passed away.
1/15/1996Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996.
4/8/1950Nehru and Ali Khan sign the Indo-Pakistani Pact.
1/2/1754Robert Clive again attacked and annexed Calcutta from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah.
9/20/1998A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary.
9/20/1878Hindu"", an English weekly in Madras with G. S. Aiyer as its Editor, was first published with only 80 copies.
5/13/1918Balasarswati, famous dancer of Bharat Natyam, was born.