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Historical Event on 9/26/1977

Uday Shankar (Chowdhury), producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana', passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravishankar. His main achievement was the blending of the Indian classical style with the Western Ballet and various folk dances.

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4/21/1955Avadi session of the Indian National Congress adopts a socialistic pattern of society for India.
8/15/1969Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.
2/18/1911Captain Vasudev Belwalkar, who had also written the novels on history and war, was born.
3/28/1990Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient.
2/27/1992Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years.
12/28/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area, after the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, have sorted out the differences that held up the negotiations on it in the past.
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11/25/1866Allahabad court was established for Uttar Pradesh territory, it sat in Agra with five Judges between 1866 and 1868. It also has a bench in Lucknow.