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Historical Event on 10/26/1891
Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/11/1897 | Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker, freedom fighter and leader, was born in village Brahman Rangdia, Khulna district. |
| 8/23/1989 | Pandit Krishnarao Shankarrao, great singer of 'Gwalher Gharana', passed away. |
| 6/9/1909 | Baburao Arnalkar, famous detective story writer, was born. |
| 2/7/1992 | Shalki', the first submarine designed in India, joined Indian Navy. |
| 5/7/1950 | 81 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected. |
| 4/10/1935 | Vasudevaru Kesavaru (K.V. Manalikkera), famous writer and poet, was born at Madras. |
| 8/17/1761 | William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people. |
| 6/15/1937 | Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji, cricketer (Indian keeper in 60's), was born in Jamnagar. |
| 9/20/1921 | Pamanmal Hazari Punjabi, right-hand batsman (164 runs in five tests vs Pakistan in 1954-55), was born at Karachi. |
| 3/3/1967 | India signed the International Space Treaty in Moscow. |
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