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Historical Event on 10/26/1890

Martyr Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was born at Allahabad. He was also the editor of revolutionary weekly 'Pratap'.

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12/7/1979First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay.
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7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.
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10/28/1998The 1997 B.C. Roy National Award was presented to 18 medical experts.
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