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Historical Event on 8/26/1852
Bombay Association was established.
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| 8/19/1946 | Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded. |
| 5/3/1936 | Engelbert Humperdinck [Arnold George Dorsey], famous singer, was born in Madras, India. |
| 1/25/1930 | Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP. |
| 7/16/1999 | 17 are killed and over 200 injured when the Delhi bound GT Express collides with derailed wagons of a goods train near Mathura. |
| 4/11/1999 | India successfully test-fires the extended range ''Agni-II'' missile, bridging a key gap in its minimum nuclear deterrent profile. |
| 7/22/1991 | Pandit Basavraj Rajguru, great singer, passed away. |
| 12/8/1985 | The first summit was held at Dhaka. (7 0r 8). |
| 12/8/1985 | Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin. |
| 10/16/1922 | M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born. |
| 4/16/1848 | Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Telegu author and social reformer, was born in Andhra Pradesh. |
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