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Historical Event on 10/26/1990
V. Shantaram, veteran film producer, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 90 years in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/29/1993 | National Human Rights Commission set up. |
| 8/11/1961 | Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States. |
| 4/21/1990 | The first indigenously built missile cruiser boat, 'Vibhuti', was inaugurated and launched. |
| 8/27/1918 | Nemichandra Jain, stage critic, was born. |
| 8/12/1992 | 72 militants surrendered before Punjab CM Beant Singh. |
| 12/24/1921 | Rabindranath Tagore established ""Visva Bharati"" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest. |
| 1/30/1948 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting. |
| 10/5/1989 | Meerasahib Fatima Beevi, former High Court judge from Kerala, was named the first woman judge of the Supreme Court. |
| 3/25/1989 | India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation. |
| 12/31/1861 | Cherrapunji in Assam received rainfall of 22,990 mm in 1861. This was a world record in itself as no other country or place had received rains to such an extent. |
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