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Historical Event on 8/26/1975
Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/7/1871 | Abanindranath Tagore, great modern artist and painter, was born at Jorasanko in Calcutta. |
| 9/20/1921 | Pamanmal Hazari Punjabi, right-hand batsman (164 runs in five tests vs Pakistan in 1954-55), was born at Karachi. |
| 2/10/1930 | Shrikant Kirloskar, director of 'Kirloskar Udyog Samuh', was born. |
| 1/16/1620 | Amarsingh I, Rajput's guhilot lineage king of Mewad, died. |
| 1/16/1620 | Sultan Ghiyasu'd-din Tughluq Shah, emperor of Delhi, passed away. |
| 9/11/1985 | Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India. |
| 9/11/1985 | Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat. |
| 12/27/1996 | Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award. |
| 12/27/1996 | Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin. |
| 5/8/1990 | A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property. |
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