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Historical Event on 3/26/1990

Maniben Patel, daughter of Sardar Vallabhai Patel, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1991India's short range surface-to-air missile (SAM) 'Trishul' successfully tested.
4/1/1878Calcutta Museum was opened for general public.
3/22/1977Janata and its allies gain absolute majority in Lok Sabha.
11/6/1905Ram Bachan 'Aravind' Dwivedi, great Hindi, Bhojpuri poet and writer, was born at Dubouli, Bihar.
8/28/1997Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court.
1/26/2001Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar.
1/20/1817Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College.
11/29/1993Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata ""J.R.D. Tata"", Bharat Ratna awardee, Father of Modern Indian Industries and founder of Indian Aviation industry, passed away at 89 in Gen
1/5/1893Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), universalist Hindu, great saint, social reformer, writer and litterateur was born at Gorakhpur. He was the renaissance founder of Self Realization Fellowship (1925) in US, author of famed 'Autobiography of a Yogi' (1946), popular book globalizing India's spiritual traditions.
1/7/1993C. Subramaniam, Maharashtra Governor, resigns.