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Historical Event on 1/26/2001

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/2001Sultan Mehmood completely destroyed the Temple of Somnath.
7/1/1992Truck operators begin nation-wide strike to press for the abolition of toll tax and octroi.
5/11/1999Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19.
12/21/1992BJP-sponsored no-trust motion against the Rao Government defeated 334-106 in the Lok Sabha; Vajpayee ends fast.
5/18/1775Warren Hastings expressed doubt of hanging Nandkumar.
10/25/1980Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous Urdu poet, died.
6/9/1992Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP.
11/17/1973Mother Pondicherry, greatest teacher and religious leader, died.
11/20/1888Gurunath Bewoor, director general, was born at Bewoor village, district Bijapur.
11/6/1951Judge M. Patanjali Sastri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 03/01/1954.