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Historical Event on 5/26/1957

Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/11/1973Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore.
10/3/1994Bhushan Tiwari, famous Hindi film actor of yesteryears, died.
5/30/1985Earthquake in Srinagar.
5/28/1968Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name.
9/4/1665Raja Jai Singh treaty of Purandar was signed between the Mughals and Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
3/15/1920Ranganandhan Francis, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.
12/6/1976Nana Patil, great revolutionary, passed away.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
10/26/1891Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, was born.
5/20/1994K. Brahmananda Reddy, 83, former Andhra Pradesh CM, passed away in Hyderabad.