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Historical Event on 1/26/1950
Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) became the first President of India. He remained President from Jan. 26,1950 to May 13, 1962.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/23/1995 | First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta. |
4/20/1973 | Rioting over food shortages ends after three days in Nagpur. |
1/12/1948 | Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji. |
12/19/1857 | The trial on Raja Nahar Singh, who was arrested and then was prisioned at Metcalfe House, began on Saturday at 1100 hrs at Delhi. |
5/25/1993 | Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India. |
3/28/1917 | Umesh Chandra Panigrahi, great author and journalist, was born at Raruan, Orissa. |
7/20/1903 | British to increase size of Royal Army in India. |
12/21/1921 | Praphulchandra Natwarlal Bhagwati, justice of Supreme Court, was born. |
1/20/1879 | Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born. |
5/14/1923 | Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar, one of the founder members of Indian Congress and social reformer, passed away. |
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