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Historical Event on 2/26/1946

Mrinal Pandey, famous Hindi columnist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1976Maharshi Dayanand University established in Haryana.
11/29/1994M.H. Kania, former Chief Justice of India made Chairman of the 14th Law Commission.
4/4/1938A. M. Chakrabarty was born in Sainthia at West Bengal. He found that under the optimum conditions of time, temperature and nutrients the Hydrocarbon-eating "qualities'' of four diffrent strains of bacteria could be transferred into one. He also showed that this super-strain of bacteria reproduces itself.
6/9/1659Dara Shikoh was handed over to Aurangzeb's army by Jiwan Khan, a Baluchi whose life was saved by Dara.
4/1/1985Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture was established during the 7th Plan period. The Institute started functioning independently since April 1987. The Headquarters of the Institute are located in Chennai with field and farm facilities at Muttukadu and three Research Centres at Kakdwip(West Bengal), Puri(Orissa) and Narakkal (Kerala).
7/29/1994Opposition stalls parliament proceedings over the 'Action Taken Report' on JPC finding.
6/27/1906Establishment of `Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad'.
4/14/1992The 79th Plenary session of the Indian National Congress opens in Tirupati.
9/6/1975Dularelal Bhargav, veteran writer, passed away. He was associated with 'Chand' and 'Madhuri' magazines.
7/6/1787Robert founded Indian Botanic Garden near Calcutta by Kyd on 273 acres of land.