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Historical Event on 1/26/1961
Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/25/1982 | India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan. |
| 5/29/1979 | Perminder Singh Sangha, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway. |
| 4/27/1854 | First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune. |
| 1/29/1997 | Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai. |
| 2/19/1812 | Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma). |
| 7/21/1963 | Kashi Vidyapeeth was given recognisation as University. |
| 12/13/1999 | The Government lodges protest with the Pakistani Rangers following the discovery of a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border. |
| 7/22/1875 | Nandkishor Bal, great Oria poet, novelist and critic, was born. |
| 1/15/1948 | Gandhiji hails Indian Cabinet's decision to release Pakistan dues of Rs. 550 million. Fast continues for establishment of communal peace. |
| 3/2/1994 | President's rule in J & K extended. |
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