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Historical Event on 7/26/1956

Godavarish Mishra, famous Oriya poet, playwright and essay writer, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
3/31/1992The PM to look after foreign affairs.
4/24/199824 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra.
7/31/1996Joginder Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/97).
5/22/1989IRBM 'Agni' Missile launched successfully from Chandipur, Orissa.
9/30/1999India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'.
6/16/1859Anandram Dhekial Fukun, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, passed away.
2/16/1980The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898.
9/16/1997General Manager of Tata Tea remanded to judicial custody on charges of abetting and aiding ULFA.
10/9/1993C. R. Rangachari, cricketer (4 Tests for India, 8 runs @ 2.66, 9 wkts @ 54.78), passed away.