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Historical Event on 10/26/1943
Cholera epidemic killed 2,155 people in the third week of October at Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/13/1638 | Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa. |
| 1/21/1963 | Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi. |
| 3/3/1943 | Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days. |
| 12/1/1991 | Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara. |
| 9/7/1996 | Ajit Singh quits Congress and heads Tikait's party. |
| 6/17/1965 | Motilal, famous actor, died. |
| 3/19/1954 | The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea. |
| 4/22/1812 | Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born. |
| 1/9/1935 | Harishankar Sharma, great educationist, was born at Jaipur. |
| 7/29/1999 | Bandh in Mumbai to protest against the verdict barring Bal Thackeray from voting and contesting any election till December 10, 2001. |
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