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Historical Event on 2/26/1971

Noel David, Hyderabad off-spinner who played ODI in 1997, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/22/1993Gulshen Ahmed, Himachal Governor, resigns in the wake of an official report that he canvassed for his son in Satna.
3/1/1908Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India.
8/13/1947Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.
10/11/1941Amitabh Bachchan, famous film actor, was born.
3/10/1993The 12-day-old caretaker ministry in Tripura led by Samir Ranjan Burman resigns.
8/4/1967World's longest and highest Dam 'Nagarjun Sagar' made by Masonary System was inaugrated.
8/12/1997Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.
3/12/1992A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.
6/19/2000Salgocar wins the Pondicherry Millennium All India Football tournament in Pondicherry.
2/3/1986Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta.