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Historical Event on 4/26/1946

V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/26/1946Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
4/3/1857Queen Victoria declared as Queen of India also.
1/18/2000India and the US resume talks to narrow their differences on the CTBT.
1/4/1999Karnataka's Farah Khan made it three-in-a-row in the National ladies billiards championship in Delhi.
8/22/1980Kishor Shahu, actor and director, died.
11/3/1933Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal).
8/25/1990GOI announces formation of National Security Council headed by the Prime Minister.
11/21/1985Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), passed away.
2/24/1986Rukmini Devi passed away.
1/10/1932Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities.