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Historical Event on 5/26/2000
Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/16/1924 | In a tragic ship wreck, Kumaran Asan, famous Malayalam poet & eminent social worker, died. |
| 6/11/1907 | Shantilal Jivanlal Gandhi, famous Hindi writer, was born in Mehmadabad, Gujarat . |
| 6/10/1997 | 18 persons were killed and 10 wounded by suspected National Liberation Front of Tripura militants at Thalchhara near Agartala. |
| 3/4/1919 | Jagtindar Nath Beri, physics expert, was born. |
| 9/22/2000 | Kerala High Court suspends the sentence awarded by the Kottayam Special Court on 32 accused in the Suryanelli rape case. |
| 8/16/1922 | Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska. |
| 6/23/1894 | Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born. |
| 2/21/1998 | Romesh Bhandari, U.P. Governor, dismisses the Kalyan Singh Government and inducts an 18-member ministry headed by Jagadambika Pal of the Loktantrik Congress Party. BJP moves the Allahabad High Court. BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, A. B. Vajpayee, goes on a ""fast-unto-death"". |
| 2/17/1948 | Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles). |
| 9/24/1726 | King George empowered the company to establish Municipal Corporation and Mayor s Courts in Bombay and Calcutta. |
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