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Historical Event on 10/26/1981

Dattatrey Ramchandra Bendre, Gyanpeet awardee and Kannad poet, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
5/30/1826The first Hindi newspaper 'Udant Martand' was published from Calcutta under the Editorship of Pandit Shridhar Shukla.
10/11/1962Chinese, Indian troops clash on border, claiming 50 lives.
2/1/1881Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi.
3/3/1939Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention.
3/3/1939Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor.
2/12/1997Parkash Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab for third time.
1/26/1992BJP President Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi hoists the national flag at the heavily-guarded Lal Chowk in Srinagar.
12/14/1910Upendranath Ashok, noted writer, was born.
9/24/1947Pakistani raiders invade Kashmir.