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Historical Event on 4/26/1762

Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1928Shivaji Ganeshan, famous actor, was born.
10/5/1991Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years.
1/30/1971Indian Airline's Fokker Friendship aircraft in India was hijacked to Lahore.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
6/1/1955India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.
10/28/1964Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away.
8/6/1997Army confirms social activist Sanjay Ghose's death who was abducted by ULFA.
1/20/19481. Bomb exploded near Birla House during a prayer meeting of Gandhi. 2. Three member UN Commission for investigation/mediation on Kashmir. 3. K.M. Cariappa succeeded Lieutenant General D. Rissell as the Army Commander, Delhi and East Punjab and was responsible for conducting the operation in Kashmir.
3/29/1979Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
7/25/1955Indian Government declared in Lok Sabha that Portuguese's were asked to close their offices in New Delhi.