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Historical Event on 8/26/1927

Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/26/1935Swami Mrigendra Channaya, great Social Scientist in Maharashtra, was born.
2/10/1944Japanese troops take the Ngakyedauk Pass, cutting off the 7th Indian Division at Sinzweya, Burma.
11/17/1915Vishnu Gopal Pingle was hanged for revolting against the Indian Army in Talegaon prison of Pune.
7/28/1972India and Pakistan sign Simla Pact, settling border dispute in Kashmir.
4/13/1699Khalsa Panth established.
11/10/1992Attorney General G. Ramaswamy, under cloud for his dealings with Standard Chartered Bank, resigns.
4/26/1999The President dissolves Lok Sabha and orders fresh elections.
5/7/1973Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died.
1/26/1997Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places.
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.