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Historical Event on 9/26/1956

Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great social reformer, industrialist, patriot and founder of the Kirloskar Industries, passed away at the age of 88.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/5/1922Pandita Ramabai, social worker and philosophist, passed away.
6/18/1956New Hindu Succession Act was passed.
6/2/1756Fort William, the English stronghold in Bengal, was surrendered to Siraj-ud-Daulah.
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
8/2/198432 people died in a bomb explosion at Meenambakkam Airport.
9/20/1928Narayan Guru ""Nanu"" of Kerala entered in maha Samadhi. His teachings are held in great reverence even today.
11/16/1988India gives full recognition to the state of Palestine.
4/12/1967U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding.
4/23/1946Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, exchanging its Spitfire Vllls for Mk XlVs in October and arriving in Japan aboard HMS vengence.
6/18/1993The 14th national council of the BJP at Bangalore swears by Hindutva.