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Historical Event on 1/26/2001
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/24/1966 | Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die. |
| 12/16/1998 | The Government introduces in the Rajya Sabha the Patents (Amendments) Bill 1998 amid Left protests. |
| 3/22/1991 | Chautala sworn in as Haryana CM. |
| 8/5/2000 | Lala Amarnath (88), former Indian cricketer, died in New Delhi. |
| 6/15/1969 | Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86. |
| 4/10/1996 | The marketing of Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Moor's Last Sigh' in India was cleared by the Central govt. |
| 5/18/1932 | Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah - the permanent president of the Muslim league, began to spread the rumors that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations. |
| 3/22/1885 | Gulam Yazdani, great archaeologist and critic, was born. |
| 7/12/1920 | Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 1/2/1878 | Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and first president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, was born at Perunna village, Kerala State. |
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