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Historical Event on 8/26/1947
Nawab of Bhopal announced accession of the Bhopal state to the Indian Dominion.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/26/1947 | Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same. |
| 12/31/1995 | Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1998. |
| 12/29/1996 | Trishul', surface-to-air missile successfully tested. |
| 12/29/1996 | The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East. |
| 1/29/1976 | Parliament approves permanent government and censorship of newspapers at New Delhi. |
| 1/29/1780 | Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first news paper in India, was published in English in Calcutta . |
| 6/22/1880 | Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer of Assam, poet, editor, journalist and lawyer, was born at Dibrugarh, Assam. |
| 9/14/1868 | Swami Virjanand, Sanskrit grammar litterateur and master, passed away at the age of 90. |
| 5/19/1951 | Sukhdev Bihari Mishra of Mishra Brothers, first historian of Hindi litterateur, passed away. |
| 10/28/1999 | Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha. |
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