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Historical Event on 1/26/1961

Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/15/1995Rajya Sabha approves extension of President's rule in J & K for a further period of 6 months and also passes Government resolution approving imposition of President's rule in UP.
10/31/1920Inaugural session of the All India Trade Union Congress was conducted in Bombay.
11/13/1999Punjab Police men, Railways women emerged Federation Cup basketball champions in Jalandhar.
4/13/1984Kerala Government drops Silent Valley Project and declares the entire area a national park.
8/14/1997Special session of Parliament to commemorate 50 years of independence.
1/12/1949Tej Bahadur Saproo, liberal leader, passed away. He was a strong believer in constitution and not in revolutions.
12/8/1980Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi.
7/6/1999Sub. Jata Shankar secured 'Silver' medal in 400 Mtr race at the International circuit Athletic Meet held at Trivendrum.
8/30/1979Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'.
5/3/1927Riots between Sikhs and Muslims in Lahore claims 14 lives and leaves 100 injured.