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Historical Event on 1/26/2001
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/24/1990 | BJP-sponsored 'Bharat Bandh' in protest against L. K. Advani's arrest evokeed mixed response. |
| 5/14/1956 | Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957. |
| 5/26/1885 | Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi playwright, comedy author and poet, was born. |
| 1/16/1938 | Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, passed away. |
| 2/2/1978 | Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away. |
| 2/1/1930 | A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London. |
| 8/8/1942 | 'Britishers Quit India', this resolution was announced in public at Bombay Congress Session. This resolution was passed by All Indian National Congress Committee and Gandhiji gave the 'Do or Die' call for Independence struggle. |
| 6/29/1976 | Sandhya Chib, Miss India-Universe (1996), was born. |
| 9/27/1977 | Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Government revokes the external emergency promulgated on December 3, 1971. |
| 7/25/1938 | Gautam Kalicharan, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
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