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Historical Event on 5/26/1983
R. V. Marathe, father of Postal Index, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/7/1947 | Gandhiji leaves Calcutta for Delhi; commences daily visits to riot-affected areas. |
| 5/1/1908 | Praful Chaki committed suicide after he threw a bomb on Judge Kingsford of Mujaffarpur, killing two inocent women. |
| 1/8/1995 | ONGC's oil rig blow out at Pasalapudi site in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 7/15/1993 | Maninderjit Singh Bitta,Punjab Minister of State for Irrigation, appointed new Youth Cong (I) President. |
| 7/15/1993 | Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah (1526-30), prince and founder of Mughal dynasty in India, was born. |
| 6/18/1896 | Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936), was born in Madras. |
| 7/8/1988 | More than 100 people were killed and several injured as Bangalore-Trivandrum Island Express fell into Ashtamudi lake at Perumon in Quilon district of Kerala. |
| 11/25/1977 | John Lobo became the Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/79). |
| 10/15/1866 | Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, playwright and journalist, was born. |
| 9/1/1999 | Dr. S. Srinivasan (58), Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Thiruvananthapuram, died. |
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