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Historical Event on 10/26/1950

Tirumalai Echambadi Srinivasan, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1981), was born in Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/9/1898Explosive Department of India was established at Nagpur. This is presently under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
2/1/1881Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi.
2/7/1954The present cres: the motto ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. In 1989, Hindi lettering of ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted.
2/10/1979Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
12/23/1993PM announces Local Area Development Scheme by which each MP can sanction projects worth Rs.1 crore.
8/6/1965Indian troops invade Pakistan.
9/3/1906Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'.
11/7/1998Jiwan Singh Umrangal (84), Akali leader and former Punjabi Minister, dies in hospital in Beas.
10/3/1977Indira Gandhi arrested on charges of official corruption in New Delhi.
9/20/1819Jose Custodio Faria (Joseph Stadio Faria), revolutionary scientist of Goa died.