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Historical Event on 2/26/1946

Mrinal Pandey, famous Hindi columnist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/9/1977Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away.
6/20/1939Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer - pace bowler for India in the 60s, was born in Bombay
11/5/1995Narsimha Rao, PM, reaches Argentina for G-15 summit at Buenos Aires.
9/20/1997President K. R. Narayanan inaugurates the first Dr. Ambedkar Law University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
7/21/1988Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3.
6/22/1995India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration.
1/23/1915Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born.
3/21/1995Lok Sabha passes Patent Bill by amending the Patent (Amendment) Act 1970.
8/4/1993Swami Chinmayananda, master in study of Bhagwadgita, died at the age of 76 in San Diego.
12/15/1991Satyajit Ray, film maestro, awarded Special Oscar for his lifetime achievement.