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Historical Event on 2/26/1971

Noel David, Hyderabad off-spinner who played ODI in 1997, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1908Shreyansprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
2/3/1990Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was finally arrested in Chakradharpur forest.
4/15/1975Janata Party's `People's March' to Parliament.
11/5/1945Case was filed against the Azad Hind Army Soldiers at Red Fort in Delhi.
1/4/1892J. C. Kumarappa, a Gandhian by thought, was born.
1/25/1976Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut during India vs New Zealand at Auckland.
2/6/1952George VI (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom, died of lung cancer at the age of 56 (succeeded by daughter, Elizabeth II). In 1947, His title of Emperor of India was deleted.
9/10/1943Satyendra Chandra Bardhan, Vakkom Abdul Khader, Fouja Singh, Boniface Pereira and Anandan were hanged on charges of conspiracy to ""wage war against the King"" under the Ememy Agents Ordinance (which was given retrospective effect) at Madras Jail. They sang Vande Mataram and shouted ""Bharat Mata Ki Jai"" when they were being hanged.
9/10/1943Taimurlang passed away.
8/6/1992A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam.