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Historical Event on 2/26/1976
V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/31/1985 | Lalit Maken, Congress (I) M.P, his wife and a visitor at their residence in Delhi were shot down by terrorists. |
| 5/8/1996 | The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern. |
| 5/8/1996 | General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India. |
| 5/19/1975 | Farm truck packed with wedding party run over by a train, killing 66 in truck, at 40 miles south of Pune. |
| 7/1/1992 | Central Railway started special train for ladies in Mumbai. |
| 10/28/1811 | Yashwantrao Holkar, a diplomat of Peshwa kingdom, died. |
| 9/18/1879 | Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born. |
| 11/2/1908 | 50 years after the start of direct rule, Edward VII talks of 'prudently extending' democracy. |
| 6/25/1888 | Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born. |
| 9/20/1921 | Pamanmal Hazari Punjabi, right-hand batsman (164 runs in five tests vs Pakistan in 1954-55), was born at Karachi. |
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