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Historical Event on 1/26/1957

Ashok Omprakash Malhotra, cricketer (Indian batsman in 7 Tests 1982-84), was born in Amritsar.

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1/30/1993Congress (I) MLA in Andhra Pradesh P. Balaraju and eight officials kidnapped by the outlawed People's War Group in Visakhapatnam district.
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2/20/1968Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.
6/6/1867Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter, was born at Sialkot.
6/28/1857Nana Sahib proclaimed himself as the Peshwa and called for the total extermination of the British power of India at Bithoor.
10/24/1827Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born
3/4/1994Lech Walesa, Polish President, visit India.
10/19/1954Nehru and Mao meet in Peking.
6/28/1995Madhya Pradesh in central India is designated a `tiger state' to protect the animal from poachers and settlers.
12/16/1921Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation started tunnel construction under Hoogly river.