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Historical Event on 2/26/1971
Noel David, Hyderabad off-spinner who played ODI in 1997, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/15/1912 | Aspy Merwan, engineer and who became the Air Marchal of India, was born. |
| 3/13/1878 | The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper. |
| 12/6/1993 | Samrendra Kundu, former foreign state minister and socialist of Orrisa, passed away. |
| 12/6/1993 | General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India. |
| 12/5/1946 | Dada Maharaj Satarkar passed away. |
| 1/2/1979 | Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies). |
| 3/11/1689 | Sambhaji, Shivaji's successor, who was captured at Sangameshwar, was assasinated in the prison of Aurangzeb by Mughal officer Muqurab Khan. |
| 4/7/1818 | British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence. |
| 1/16/1941 | Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born. |
| 8/30/1993 | LPG, Petrol dealers get higher commission. |
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