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Historical Event on 5/26/1885

Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi playwright, comedy author and poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/7/1950King Tribhubana Bir Bikram of Nepal flees palace for refuge in Indian Embassy at Kathmandu.
12/25/1999An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.
3/16/1998Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.
6/4/1994Army successfully test-fires the short range surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi'.
3/5/1905Shushila Didi, great freedom fighter, was born at Datton Chuhad village, Punjab. She is remembered for her association in the revolutionary activities of Bhagat Singh.
11/15/1913Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)
1/18/1913Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year.
5/10/1857India's real mutiny begins with the revolt of Sepoys of Meerut near Delhi the next day.
2/14/1932Madhubala (Mumtaj Begam), film actress, was born.
5/31/1756Jose Cusodio Faria was born in Candolim of Goa. He was a revolutionary scientist and also known as Abbe Faria.