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Historical Event on 12/26/1989
Keshav Shankar Pillai, international fame cartoonist, painter, writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/5/1898 | Josh Malihabadi, famous Urdu poet, was born. |
| 3/19/1998 | BJP-led coalition government is sworn in. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the second time Prime Minister of India. |
| 11/16/1997 | Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender. |
| 9/22/1970 | Bandopadhyay Shardendu, modern Bengali poet, died. |
| 3/1/2000 | Gopichand wins the Indian Oil Servo National badminton championship at Kochi-making it four in a row. |
| 6/30/1931 | June Thorburn, actress (Touch & Go, Children Galore), was born in Kashmir, India. |
| 1/5/1869 | Venkatesh Tirko Kulkarni, famous Kannad novelist 'Galagnath', was born. |
| 11/29/1996 | Shaleem I. Shervani, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and President, ICMR Governing Body, was the Chief Guest at the concluding ceremony of the year long celebrations of the 85th year of ICMR at New Delhi. He released a special issue of the ICMR Bulletin on this occasion and presented momentos to the former Additional Directors-General and Directors-General of the ICMR. |
| 1/18/1992 | Ordinance cuts minimum poll campaign time to 14 days from 20 days. |
| 9/6/1889 | Sarat Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, journalist and leader, was born. |
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