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Historical Event on 7/26/1923
Mukeshchandra Mathur, famous playback singer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/14/1967 | US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives. |
| 2/18/1992 | Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away. |
| 3/20/1925 | Marquess Curzon of Kedleston died this morning at age 66 from complications following an operation. Long a kingpin of the Conservative party, Lord Curzon spent 40 years in public life, serving as Viceroy and Governor General of India and, at the end of his career, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Though he came close to becoming prime minister in 1923, his aristocratic past militated against him in an era which nominated leaders from the House of Commons. He twice wed US women and enjoyed fame as an author of books about politics and his own travels. |
| 12/28/1990 | Following the war threat as the January 15 deadline set by UN for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait approaches, GOI advise Indians in Gulf to send back their families to India. |
| 6/14/1880 | Satish Chandra Dasgupta, rural Scientist, was born. |
| 1/26/1957 | Shivlal Nandlal Yadav, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 102 Test wickets 1979-87), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 8/29/1998 | Prasar Bharti ordinance promulgated. |
| 7/14/1656 | Guru Har Kishan, the eight Sikh, was born. |
| 2/10/1990 | Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died. |
| 3/25/1989 | India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation. |
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