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Historical Event on 8/26/1947

Nawab of Bhopal announced accession of the Bhopal state to the Indian Dominion.

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1/25/1988Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR (Posthumous) (1917-1987).
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously.
6/30/1997Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives.
3/10/1993The 12-day-old caretaker ministry in Tripura led by Samir Ranjan Burman resigns.
5/6/1944Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from his last imprisonment from Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
2/10/1961P. L. Deshpande played first solo drama 'Batatyachi Chawl'.
6/23/1994Two Britishers held hostage by terrorists in Kashmir for 17 days were set free.
10/2/1955Nehru inaugurated an Integral Coach factory at Perambur.
11/29/1961First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.