Today Importance - 26th September
26 September 1793
The great nationalist and social worker Rani Rashmoni was born in Kona village in 24 Parganas (North) of West Bengal.
26-September-1820
The great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalis their first inspiration in 1855, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerjee) was born in Birsingh village in Midnipur district of Bengal.
26 September 1904
Famous Kannada playwright R.V. Birth of Jagirdar.
26 September 1911
Pratt Kumar Sinha, cricketer for 2 Tests from 1948–53, born in Bengal.
26 September 1919
The principal Indian gathering of the Community Club was held.
26 September 1923
Movie maker, chief and entertainer Dev Anand is conceived.
26 September 1931
In Lancashire, Gandhi saw textile workers hurt by the Indian boycott, but said that home spinning should continue.
26 September 1931
Vijay Laxman Manjrekar, cricketer (father of Sanjay, the reliable Indian batsman), born in Bombay.
26 September 1932
Gandhiji broke his hunger strike to accept the demands of the Government of India regarding the Harijans.
26 September 1932
Dr. Manmohan Singh, former Finance Minister, economist and R.B.I. Its governor was born.
26 September 1946
Gandhiji interviewed Wavell.
26 September 1956
Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great social reformer, industrialist, patriot and founder of Kirloskar Industries, passed away at the age of 88.
26 September 1975
A notification was issued to provide equal pay to both male and female workers.
26 September 1975
The Constitution (39th Amendment) Bill, 1975, which exempted the elections of the President, Vice-President, Prime Minister and Speaker of the Lok Sabha from the scrutiny of the judiciary, was approved by the Parliament.
26 September 1977
Producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana' Uday Shankar (Chaudhary) has passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravi Shankar. Her major achievement was the fusion of Indian classical styles with Western ballet and various folk dances.
26 September 1979
Charan Singh formed a new party called Lok Dal.
26 September 1985
P.T. Usha set a 100m (women) record of 11.39 seconds in Jakarta.
26 September 1991
The MRTP Act and the Companies Act Amendment Ordinance completely remove the previous restrictions on entry of new industrial houses and expansion of existing houses.
26 September 1992
Indian Airlines has increased the fares by 9 percent.
26 September 1996
CBI had given charge sheet to Rao in the St. Kitts case.
26 September 1996
The High Court rejected Rao's anticipatory bail plea in the Pathak fraud case.
26 September 1996
Prime Minister Deve Gowda took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha. He is the first Prime Minister to enter Parliament through the Rajya Sabha. When Indira Gandhi was elected leader in 1966, she was already a member of the Rajya Sabha.
26 September 1998
Sachin Tendulkar's record 127 runs against Zimbabwe in Kolkata.
26 September 1999
Six selected for Peace Prize for Science
26 September 1999
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee sent a team of experts to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to assess the location of water storage.
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