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Historical Event on 5/26/1885
Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi playwright, comedy author and poet, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/23/1924 | Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut. |
| 5/23/1924 | Muhammad of Bin Quasim (Kasim), Arabs, attacked on Sindh and captured it. Muhammad defeated and killed King Dahir, Hindu king, at Rawar. |
| 5/17/1974 | Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away. |
| 1/14/1994 | C. V. Waran, veteran freedom fighter and social worker, passed away. |
| 11/14/1993 | Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away. |
| 3/19/1935 | British fire on 20,000 Muslims, killing 23. |
| 8/25/1919 | Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal, former Chief Minister of Bihar and President of Mandal Commission, was born. |
| 9/19/1965 | Government extends ultimatum to India to dismantle forts within four days in China. |
| 1/1/1985 | Doordarshan starts Malayalam telecast from Trivandrum. |
| 10/30/1947 | The government rejects Kashmir's decision to join India in Pakistan. |
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