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Historical Event on 1/26/1965

Hindi Language is accepted as National language of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/10/1985India beat Pakistan to win ""World Championship of Cricket"". Ravi Shastri is declared champion of champions and Sunil Gavaskar steps down from the captaincy.
12/31/1910Mallikarjun Bhimramaiya Mansoor, famous singer of ""Jaipur Gharana"", was born.
2/6/1985Vikram Kumar, Soccer(Football) player, was born.
8/27/1978Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland.
10/3/1991Ganpatrao Tapase, former Governor of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, died.
8/1/1988Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1991.
4/10/1999Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (87), patriarch of Malayalam fiction, died at his ancestral village at Sankaramangalam in Thakazhi village.
8/9/1788Gulam Kadir removed the eyes of Shah Alam 2nd, King of Delhi with a knife.
3/9/1997Bangladesh and Chakma refugee leaders sign a historic agreement for repatriation of the 50,000 refugees sheltered in six camps in Tripura for the past 11 years.
4/4/1947San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India.