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Historical Event on 9/26/1956
Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great social reformer, industrialist, patriot and founder of the Kirloskar Industries, passed away at the age of 88.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/1/1928 | Fifteen people were killed in Calcutta as Hindus attacked Muslims. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 6/28/1857 | Nana Sahib proclaimed himself as the Peshwa and called for the total extermination of the British power of India at Bithoor. |
| 10/1/1887 | Pandit Hridaynath Ajudhianath Kunzru, politician and social worker, was born at Agra. |
| 3/24/1984 | Dilraj Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada. |
| 8/2/1958 | Arshad Ayub, cricketer (Indian off-spinner in 13 Tests between 1987-89), was born in Hydrabad. |
| 1/3/1987 | Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died. |
| 8/4/1979 | Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay. |
| 7/21/1995 | Sajjad Husain, famous film music director, passed away. |
| 5/14/1923 | Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar, one of the founder members of Indian Congress and social reformer, passed away. |
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