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Historical Event on 1/26/1981
Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/7/1887 | Kasturi Shriniwas Iyengar, politician and journalist, was born. |
| 9/21/1954 | Last Indian troops withdraw from Tibet. |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
| 5/16/1932 | Hundreds die in fighting between Muslims and Hindus at Bombay. |
| 6/18/1879 | Venketeshwar Bachhali, famous physics scientist, was born. |
| 9/30/1992 | Laurie Baker wins Rs. 25 lakh UN World Habitat award. |
| 1/31/1969 | Saint Meherbaba passed away. |
| 11/5/1994 | Russi Modi appointed Chairman of Air India and Indian Airlines. |
| 2/17/1997 | Notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj released from jail after 20 years, and re-arrested soon after release under Foreigners' Regional Registration Act. |
| 1/18/1990 | Farooq Abdullah, J&K CM, quits. |
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