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Historical Event on 10/26/1930
Gulal Bai Parekar, a14-year-old girl led a 13-girls team to hoist the national flag at Esplanade Park. A police sargeant tried to snach the flag and then kidnapped her.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/29/1959 | India sends troops to Tibet border to block the Chinese. |
| 6/30/1914 | Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa. |
| 9/4/1996 | Celebration of Platinum jubilee of B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital and Topiwal National Medical College from 4th September 1995 to 4th September 1996 (CIVIC). |
| 8/30/1992 | The first Indian-built ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) successfully flown in Bangalore. |
| 7/3/1991 | Rupee devalued again from 10.58 to 10.96\% . |
| 1/15/1958 | Tamil becomes the official language of Madras. |
| 1/27/1926 | Arunkumar Vaidya, former General of Indian Army, was born. |
| 9/25/1857 | Lucknow relief by Havelock & Outram begins. |
| 5/15/1873 | The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England. |
| 10/26/1947 | After the tribal column, raping and looting along the way by Pakistani Army continued at Baramulla, 50 kilometres from Srinagar. Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir Hari Singhji, then, signed the instrument of accession with India and the Indian Armed Forces reacted to the Pakistani Army's infiltration. Great acts of personal gallantry and collective bravery were shown in the Kashmir operations. Major Som Nath Sharma was awarded the PVC, India's highest decoration for valour, and Brigadier Usman, commanding the 50th Parachute Brigade, was awarded the MVC. Both the soldiers were awarded posthumously. |
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