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Historical Event on 12/26/1904

First cross-country motor car race inaugurated between Dehli and Bombay started its rally. It was organised by Motor Union of Western India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1934Raju V. Vikram, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1984-87, was born at Karnataka.
6/20/1997Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad.
4/26/1908Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
5/1/1995SAARC endorses South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and establishes a South Asian Development Fund (SADF) for the economic and technical development of the subcontinent.
6/18/1946First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese.
2/19/1891Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper.
6/7/1989Sheetal Pandya set up a world record at the age of 5 years.
12/22/1977Nalinibala Devi, Assamese poet, passed died.
11/29/1996Shaleem I. Shervani, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and President, ICMR Governing Body, was the Chief Guest at the concluding ceremony of the year long celebrations of the 85th year of ICMR at New Delhi. He released a special issue of the ICMR Bulletin on this occasion and presented momentos to the former Additional Directors-General and Directors-General of the ICMR.
6/22/1935Vaman Viswanath Kumar, cricketer (useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests), was born in Madras.