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Historical Event on 10/26/1937

Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, famous music director, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1937Jalal'ud-din Firuz Khalji establishes the Khalji dynasty at Delhi.
3/23/1931Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev, great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, were hanged for assasination of Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Central Jail at Lahore. Bhagat Singh and his associates showed no signs of any fear as they kissed the noose, chanting ""Inquilab Zindabad"" (long live the revolution).
6/20/1993Harshad Mehta's senior counsel Ram Jethmalani asks JPC to summon the PM and allow cross-examination.
6/20/1993Meerabai, saint poet, passed away.
7/31/1988Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM, AVSM, VM. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
1/2/1990Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft.
4/8/1946HMS Vengeance, sailed with 22 aircraft of No. 4 Sqn, halted at Singapore for re-fueling and set course for Iwakuni, a port of Kyushu island.
7/1/1985Air Chief Marshal L M Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, died in office.
11/22/1915Mohandas Gandhi returns to India.
12/5/1946Dada Maharaj Satarkar passed away.