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Historical Event on 10/26/1930

Dr. Waldemar Modecal Haffkine, famous scientist, bacteriologist and professor, died in Paris. He had invented the Cholera vaccine in 1893 and a vaccine for Plague in 1897 at the Grant Medical College, Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1998Golden jubilee celebrations of the Indian Independence ends.
8/15/1979Tukoji Holkar, a leader of Peshwa kingdom, dies.
8/10/1758Marathas won the Atak.
10/20/1989Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over West Indies and India.
4/16/1903Kalka-Simla Railway line section was opened for public conveyance.
5/1/1902Tornodo hit Dhaka part of Bengal, claims 416 lives.
8/13/1993Rama Rao vows not to return to the house unless the government is ousted.
6/4/1986Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar, famous Kannad author and Gyanpeeth Puraskar awardee, passed away.
10/21/1789Ramshastri Prabhune, justice of Peshwa kingdom, died.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.