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Historical Event on 2/26/1874
Sursingh Takhtsingh Gohil `Kalapi', famous Gujrati poet, was born.
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| 10/28/1911 | Mutyalswami Muniswami Naidu, cricket Test umpire, one test in 1951-52, was born at Vadodara, Gujarat. |
| 8/15/1985 | Accord reached on the Assam foreign nationals issue, agitation called off. |
| 7/13/1930 | Swarup Kishan Reu, cricket test umpire for 17 tests from 1978-85, was born in Delhi and was honoured by Padmashree in 1986. He joins the record of umpiring most Tests for India. |
| 3/4/1961 | First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast. |
| 10/22/1680 | Rana Rajsingh, king of Mewad, died. |
| 11/14/1996 | Competition Post Card', a new category of postcard, priced Rs. 2 introduced. |
| 6/20/1897 | Ratnakant Barkakti, famous Assamia poet, was born. |
| 3/12/1917 | Googie Withers, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing), was born in Karachi, India. |
| 1/18/1925 | Gajanan Johari, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
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