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Historical Event on 6/26/1955
Poland and India affirm Panchsheel.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/7/1993 | The union govt. acquires 67.703 acres of land in and around the disputed area at Ayodhya and refers the issue to the Supreme Court. |
| 7/14/1928 | Bedabrata Barua, educationist, social reformer and politician, was born. |
| 7/12/1909 | Vimal Rai, film producer and director, was born. |
| 11/16/1908 | Bommi Narsingh Reddy, famous film story writer, was born. |
| 2/9/1985 | Editor of 'Sakal', a Marathi daily newspaper, passed away. |
| 1/9/1995 | T.N. Seshan, chief election commissioner, asks Centre to put off annual budget in lieu of State assembly elections. |
| 3/1/1979 | Jairamdas Doulatram, great national leader, freedom fighter and journalist, passed away at Delhi. He played a vital role to recognised Sindhi as one of the national laguages of India. |
| 1/27/1926 | Arunkumar Vaidya, former General of Indian Army, was born. |
| 9/18/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"". |
| 3/9/1974 | Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away. |
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