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Historical Event on 9/26/1985

P.T. Usha sets record for 100m (Women) in 11.39 seconds at Jakarta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/30/1993S. M. Pandit, famous painter, passed away.
6/1/1998The Prasar Bharati Bill is introduced in the Lok Sabha to revive the Prasar Bharati Act, 1990.
3/18/1953Backward Classes Commission inaugurated.
2/12/1995Maramon Centenary Convention, (the biggest Christian gathering in Asia) begins in Kerala.
4/5/1993G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards.
6/3/1890Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, was born.
3/1/1939Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal.
5/6/1971India refutes allegations that it has meddled in Pakistan's civil war.
8/3/1997Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the doubles title in the Canadian Maurier Super Nine Doubles Open tennis championships held in Montreal.
9/28/1984First floodlights lit ODI between India and Australia held outside of Australia at New Delhi.