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Historical Event on 1/26/1992
Bharat Bhushan, the legendary romantic film hero of the 1950's, passed away at the age of 71 years.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/10/1997 | Kerala becomes the first state to have public telephones in all its villages, accessible over STD/ISD from any part of the world. |
| 10/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Sen (Indian Nobel Laureates), the economist-philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his contribution to welfare economics. |
| 9/3/1999 | India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict. |
| 4/27/1994 | Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21. |
| 8/2/1987 | Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship. |
| 1/1/1966 | Vimal Roy, film maker and producer, passed away. |
| 3/11/1795 | Battle at Kurdla India, Mahratten beat Mughals. |
| 2/8/1994 | Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away. |
| 3/14/1895 | Nihalsing Gurumukh, former Chief Minister of Delhi and Governer of Rajasthan, was born. |
| 3/19/1911 | Santosh Kumar Ganguly, cricket test empire and 10 test 1955-65, was born in Bengal. He also played Hockey and Football. He is the aurthor of ""Manual of Cricket Umpires"" and ""Technique of Umpiring Hockey"". |
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