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Historical Event on 2/26/1972

President Varahgiri Venkat Giri inaugurated the Vikram Earth Satellite Station at Wardha near Arvi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/1901Sambamurty Pichhu, music teacher, was born.
6/23/1810Duncan Dock of Bombay was completed.
10/27/1969Darshansingh Pheruman died in Amritsar during the 74th day of his fast, which he had undertaken for the merger of Chandigarh in Punjab.
2/2/1949Press Trust of India' was established.
4/8/1950Nehru and Ali Khan sign the Indo-Pakistani Pact.
2/28/1989S. B. Chavan, Finance Minister, presents a Rs. 7337 crore-deficit budget for 1989-90.
11/12/1946Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya died at the age of 85.
1/23/1915Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born.
5/14/1994LTTE banned for the second time under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
5/14/1994Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.