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Historical Event on 12/26/1917

Prabhakar Machve, famous Hindi and Marathi litterateur, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/30/1976Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.
10/5/1989Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).
8/1/1996T. S. R. Subramaniam was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1998.
12/5/1959K. S. Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), passed away.
5/20/1994Indian ship rescues over 2000 Indian nationals trapped in the embattled Yemen's port city of Aden.
2/8/1936Jawaharlal Nehru elected president of Indian National Congress.
11/19/199722 persons killed and 30 injured when car bomb explodes outside film studio in Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad. The deceased include Eanadu TV crew of six people.
6/30/1928Kalyanji, famous music director, was born.
10/19/1967Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light.
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.