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Historical Event on 8/26/1949
Social Democratic Party led by K. T. Shah formed.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/12/1869 | Dr. Bhagavan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, was born at Varanasi. |
| 11/10/1989 | Foundation stone laid for the Ram Janambhoomi temple at Ayodhya. |
| 5/13/1962 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967. |
| 1/30/1911 | Gajananrao Joshi, famous violin player and singer of ""Gwalior Gharana"", was born. |
| 2/18/1999 | Ramakrishna Hedge, Commerce Minister, launched the India Brand Equity Fund (IBEF). |
| 12/6/2000 | The Supreme Court gives a clean chit to former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao upholding the trial court's order, and discharging him and former Union Minister K.K. Tewary from the 'St.Kitts forgery case'. |
| 2/22/1905 | Purushotamsing Bajaj, industrialist and social worker, was born at Shikarpur (Sind). |
| 3/28/1963 | First meeting of the National Aeronautical Laboratory Executive Council held under the chairmanship of J R D Tata. |
| 12/7/1992 | Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
| 7/18/1857 | The Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras Universities were established. |
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