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Historical Event on 6/26/1888

Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/5/1922Gandhiji, following Chauri Chaura (U.P.) tragedy in which 22 police constables and one sub-inspector were burnt to death by a mob, fasts for five days and abandons plan of satyagraha movement.
8/11/1999The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.
1/20/1972Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory.
9/15/1948The India flag carrying vessel reached Bombay Port.
8/8/1967Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.
12/14/1999India lost to Australia by 285 runs in Adelaide in the first cricket Test.
8/10/1755Narayanrao Peshwa was born.
4/21/1997Inder Kumar Gujaral sworn as the 12th Prime Minister of India, along with old council of ministers in the H. D. Deve Gowda govt. minus Tamil Maanila Congress Minister and D. P. Yadav of Janata Dal.
3/9/1974Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away.