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Historical Event on 9/26/1985
P.T. Usha sets record for 100m (Women) in 11.39 seconds at Jakarta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/13/1800 | Nana Phadanvis (Balaji Janardan Bhanu), veteran leader of Peshwa Kingdom, died. |
| 12/28/1977 | Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died. |
| 7/18/1980 | Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), died. |
| 3/18/1998 | A.B. Vajpayee, the Prime Minister-designate, releases the 'national agenda for governance' in New Delhi. It is silent on the Ram temple issue, scrapping of Article 370 and a uniform civil code. |
| 5/28/1965 | Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400. |
| 11/16/1877 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat |
| 1/7/1900 | Raghukul Tilak, educationist and social worker, was born at Meerut, UP. |
| 4/20/1887 | Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born. |
| 6/9/1992 | Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP. |
| 4/30/1996 | Re-polling in 445 stations in six states. |
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