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Historical Event on 8/26/1947

Nawab of Bhopal announced accession of the Bhopal state to the Indian Dominion.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/26/1901The notes of Rs twenty denomination were issued with two issuing circles. These notes had four numeric denominations.
11/13/1901War Secretary Brodrick claimed that Boers were killing natives in large numbers. He intended to withdraw troops from India to fight in S. Africa at London.
2/13/1713Farrukh Siyar becomes Emperor of India after capturing Red Fort.
4/26/1926Karachi Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943).
7/18/1946U.K. Parliament approves British Cabinet mission report on India but Churchill says that the mission went too far in offering India independence outside of the Commonwealth.
11/20/1946Gandhiji starts tour without party.
10/2/1906Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour.
11/21/199227 killed in a bomb blast engineered by Bodo extremists in a bus in Assam.
12/12/1901Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December.
9/24/1997E. S. Venkataramiah (72), former Chief Justice of India, died in Bangalore.