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Historical Event on 8/26/1874
Ishwar Sharan Munshi, politician and philosopher, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/20/1999 | The Government rejects underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's conditional offer to surrender. |
| 1/26/1993 | Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest. |
| 7/1/1947 | Sharad NandKishore Yadav was born in Babai, Distt. Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh). |
| 9/29/1932 | Hamid Dalwai, Muslim social reformer, was born. |
| 8/13/1951 | Acharya Kishoridas Vajpayee passed away. |
| 10/2/1845 | First Shipping Company of India started. |
| 8/9/1942 | The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'. |
| 11/16/1913 | Agnihotri Ambadas Shankar, journalist and litterateur, was born. |
| 9/16/1995 | Prime Minister inducts 16 new members into his Council of Ministers and elevates three deputy ministers to the rank of Ministers of State. |
| 6/13/1973 | Sir Ram Nath Chopra, great professor of Pharmacology of National Drug Research Institute of India, passed away. |
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