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Historical Event on 7/26/1922
Girilal Jain, famous journalist and editor, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/17/1994 | Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman. |
| 11/2/1972 | B. D. Pande was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1977 |
| 5/28/1923 | Nandamuri Tarak Ramarao, film star, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and founder of Telgu Desam Party, was born. He has acted in many films including 'Patal Bhairavi'. |
| 6/19/1877 | Pandurang Chimanaji Patil, famous agriculturist of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 1/14/1946 | Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed. |
| 5/18/1912 | Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay. |
| 11/10/1994 | Dr. K. V. Putappa ""Kuvempu"", first Gyanpeet Awardee for literature and Kannad author, died at the age of 90 ye |
| 5/5/1930 | Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year. |
| 7/13/1999 | Floods claim 15 more lives in Bihar. |
| 11/16/1921 | Nearly 700 Mopalh rebels were killed by the Gurkhas as they attacked the Pandikkad post at Delhi. |
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