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Historical Event on 6/26/1888

Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/16/1968Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene.
9/28/1965India-Pakistan hostility erupts into a war lead by Pakistan.
2/24/1948The State of Junagarh, whose accession to India was protested by Pakistan in the UN Security Council, voted in favour of India in a popular referendum held on 20 February.
8/18/1997Shanvac-B, India's first genetically engineered vaccine for Hepatitis B was launched.
9/16/1931Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting.
8/4/1993Tarabai Bapat, daughter-in-law of revolutionary Senapati Bapat, died.
10/13/1991Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi.
12/22/1995A Russian-made AN-26 plane forced to land in Bombay following an Intelligence Bureau tip off that it could be the suspected aircraft which dropped arms at Purulia.
10/28/1962US pledges to rush arms to India.
5/6/1993Violence in Orissa state secretariat, CM manhandled.