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Historical Event on 9/26/1820

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal.

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8/4/1929Kishor Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, was born at Khandava. He is also rememberd as a comic actor, director and musician.
5/8/1954Indian Government decided to integrate Chandranagar in West Bengal which was under the rule of the French.
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8/21/1987Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992).
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11/3/1991India's short range surface-to-air missile (SAM) 'Trishul' successfully tested.
1/19/1905Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali writer and thinker, passed away.