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Historical Event on 4/26/1813

Swati Tirunal Ramavarma, outstanding composer of Carnatic music in Kerala, was born in a royal family of Travancore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/1972Pakistani troops shell into the Indian zone of Kashmir.
8/15/1999Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says Agni-2 to be inducted in the defence arsenal.
2/1/1976Air Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar PVSM, MVC, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1978.
6/24/1991K. Karunakaran ministry assumes power in Kerala.
7/1/1862Calcutta High Court was established for West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. This Court has a Circuit Bench at Port Blair.
7/19/1994The Tamil Nadu Bill for continuance of the 69\% reservation policy in the state receives the President's assent.
8/22/1933Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years.
9/30/1922Bakhshish Singh Nijjar, great historian and author, was born at Domeli village (Punjab).
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
5/27/1994Tarktirth Laxmanshastri Joshi, internationally famous omnicient, passed away.