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Historical Event on 8/26/1927

Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1994Justice Ahmad Mushabber Ahmadi sworn in as Chief Justice of India.
12/6/1952First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed.
2/18/1665The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England.
6/19/1995India and US officially launch Indo-US Commercial Alliance during US Trade Secretary's visit.
8/7/1871Abanindranath Tagore, great modern artist and painter, was born at Jorasanko in Calcutta.
2/9/2000The Madras High Court suspends the one-year jail sentence passed by a Special Court against the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, in the 'Pleasant Stay Hotel Case'.
2/19/1911Merle Oberon, film actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), was born in Calcutta, India.
3/30/1699Guru Govind Singh the 10th Guru of Sikh's established 'Khalsa Panth'.
11/16/1995The Pension scheme ordinance for 18 million Provident Fund subscribers takes effect with an initial corpus of Rs. 85.00 billion.
7/12/1996Ram Vilas Paswan presents railway budget 96-97 with 10\% hike in freight and upper class journeys.