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Historical Event on 1/26/1982

Meera Behn (Medlin Slade) freedom fighter, and Gandhin by thought awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/11/1894Sudhirranjan Das, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
2/22/1996Indian police charge 14 more politicians in corruption scandal that has already led to resignations from the Prime Minister Narasimha Rao's govt.
9/8/1965Pakistan commenced its drive into the Indian Punjab using its 1-armoured division with the aim to foreclose India's options north of the Beas-Sutlej river line, after foiling the southern most divisional attack mounted by 4-Mountain Division.
9/27/1972Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore.
4/18/1904Ramnath Goenka, president and founder of Indian Express Group, was born.
8/29/1926Ramkrishna Hegde, former Central Cabinet Minister and Chief Minister of Karnataka, was born.
7/1/1879Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department.
11/26/1949Constitution of India was adopted
3/21/1995Lok Sabha passes Patent Bill by amending the Patent (Amendment) Act 1970.
5/10/198559 were killed and 150 wounded in Sikh attacks.