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Historical Event on 9/26/1923

Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/15/1993K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93.
6/4/1903Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.
8/1/1958Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership given to Acharya Bhave.
11/29/1996Shaleem I. Shervani, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and President, ICMR Governing Body, was the Chief Guest at the concluding ceremony of the year long celebrations of the 85th year of ICMR at New Delhi. He released a special issue of the ICMR Bulletin on this occasion and presented momentos to the former Additional Directors-General and Directors-General of the ICMR.
2/6/2000''Water'' shooting stopped following suicide by a Shiv Sena activist; and director, Ms. Deepa Mehta asked to leave Varanasi.
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
2/22/1845Serampore of Hooghly district and Balasore cities from Dutch purchased East Indian Company.
4/1/1878Calcutta Museum was opened for general public.
6/13/1757Clive marched to Murshidabad against Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah along with the force comprising of 1800 British and 2000 Indian soldiers with eight canons.
7/10/1909Gandhiji arrives in London with the assistance of Lord Ampthill and works ceaselessly to educate influential British leaders and the public, and also to move Imperial authorities.