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Historical Event on 5/26/1957

Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/7/1858The hearing of the case began that was filed against the last Mughal Emperor Bahadhur Shah II for taking part in the first armed revolution against the British.
1/7/1858Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
7/27/1959Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut.
11/21/1947First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General.
7/10/1965First NCC (National Cadet Corps) College for training girls started at Gwalior.
4/3/1994B. Rachaiah,Kerala Governor, takes charge of Goa.
8/21/1986Nine-member Cong-MNF coalition ministry headed by MNF President Laldenga sworn-in in Aizawl.
6/2/1908Sri Aurobindo, freedom fighter, was arrested in Manik Tala Bomb explosion case.
6/25/1992BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven.
12/9/1999BJP expels former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.