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Historical Event on 7/26/1891

Rajendralal Mitra (Raja), famous Bengali ancient researcher, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1756Clive sailed from Madras, to capture Calcutta, with a large naval fleet consisting of 900 European and 1500 Indian soldiers along with 5 battle ships, and 5 other vessels.
4/23/1992Satyajit Ray, internationally famous Indian film producer-director, Bharat Ratna Awardee, passed away at the age of 70.
3/13/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947.
10/28/1977Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died.
3/30/1997Congress Party withdraws support to the 10-month old H. D. Deve Gowda Government at the centre, and stakes its claim to form an alternative government.
5/6/1922Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer of Kolhapur, passed away at Bombay. He was 48.
11/18/1948Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna.
9/14/1965Pakistan Air Force bombs Calcutta and Agartala civilian airports.
10/1/1995Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died.
6/14/1880Satish Chandra Dasgupta, rural Scientist, was born.