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Thursday, October 26, 2023

Today Importance - 26th October

26-Oct-1814

The British Governor General declared war on Nepal.

26-Oct-1886

Famous Oriya poet, dramatist and patriot Godabreesh Mishra was born.

26-Oct-1890

Shaheed Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was born in Allahabad. He was also the editor of the revolutionary weekly 'Pratap'.

26-Oct-1891

Birth of famous Gandhian leader Padma Bhushan Baikunthbhai Mehta.

26-Oct-1928

RS Das, Law Member of the Viceroy's Council, died in Calcutta.

26-Oct-1930

Dr. Waldemar Modekl Hafkein, the famous scientist, bacteriologist and professor, died in Paris. He discovered the cholera vaccine in 1893 and the plague vaccine in 1897 at the Grant Medical College, Bombay.

26-Oct-1930

Gulal Bai Parekar, a 14-year-old girl, led a group of 13 girls to hoist the national flag at Esplanade Park. A police sergeant tries to snatch the flag and later kidnaps him.

26-Oct-1932

Indian Muslim leaders demanded Gandhi's release from jail. The Viceroy replied that this was possible only if Gandhi distanced himself from the civil disobedience campaign.

26-Oct-1932

Chindorai Deshamuthu, Indian field hockey player (Olympics-1952), is born.

26-Oct-1934

All India Rural Industries Association (All India Small Industries Association) was founded and inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi.

26-Oct-1935

The great industrialist Ashok P Jain was born.

26-Oct-1937

Birth of famous music director Pandit Hridyanath Mangeshkar.

26-Oct-1943

In the third week of October, 2,155 people died in a cholera epidemic in Calcutta.

26-Oct-1946

As violence between Hindus and Muslims continues in Kolkata, 27 people have died.

26-Oct-1947

Rape and looting continued on the way to Baramulla, 50 km from Srinagar, after Pakistani troops defeated the tribal soldiers. Then Maharaja Hari Singhji of Jammu and Kashmir signed the Treaty of Accession with India and the Indian Armed Forces responded to the intrusion of the Pakistani Army. The Kashmir campaign displayed great acts of individual bravery and collective bravery. Major Som Nath Sharma was awarded the PVC, India's highest decoration for gallantry, and Brigadier Usman, commanding the 50th Parachute Brigade, was awarded the MVC. Both soldiers were honored posthumously.

26-Oct-1950

Mother Teresa founded the Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India.

26-Oct-1950

Cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1981) Tirumalai Ichambadi Srinivasan was born in Madras.

26-Oct-1952

Pakistan's first Test win against India. Fazal Mahmud took 12 wickets.

26-Oct-1961

A three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas has sparked massive fighting between India and Communist China. Each side accuses the other of starting the fighting, which began on the Tibetan border in early October.

26-Oct-1962

After the Chinese attack, the President issued a state of emergency and the Defense of India Ordinance for the first time in India.

26-Oct-1969

Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, the first men to land on the moon by 'Apollo II', arrived in Bombay.

26-Oct-1981

Jnanapeeth awardee and Kannada poet Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre passed away.

26-Oct-1990

Veteran filmmaker, director and Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner V Shantaram died at the age of 90 in Bombay.

26-Oct-1991

Freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily 'Marathwada' newspaper Anantrao Valerao passed away.

26-Oct-1995

Given the US position to supply Pakistan with a $370 million arms package, India decided to go ahead with the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program.

26-Oct-1996

CBI traced several bank transactions of four JMM leaders between August '93 and February '96.

26-Oct-1999

India has been re-elected to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

26-Oct-1999

Congress(I) president Sonia Gandhi visited cyclone-hit areas.

26-Oct-1999

The government has rejected the demand to drop Rajiv Gandhi's name from the charge sheet in the Bofors case.